{
  "id": 1828193,
  "title": "FICAN Conference to Spotlight Banking Reforms, Fintech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/fican-conference-to-spotlight-banking-reforms-fintech",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T23:09:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/08/19/fican-conference-to-spotlight-banking-reforms-fintech/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) will host its 36th Anniversary Annual Conference in Lagos, focusing on banking reforms, tax reforms, and the rapid growth of fintech. The two-day event, scheduled for September, aims to evaluate the impact of these reforms and their potential to boost economic growth, investment, financial inclusion, and financial system resilience. The conference, themed \"Building on the Gains of Recapitalisation, Tax Reform and Fintech Revolution,\" will feature key stakeholders from Nigeria's financial sector discussing the reforms' outcomes and ways to sustain their benefits. Dr. Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, will deliver the keynote address, while Dr. Oliver Alawuba, UBA's Group Managing Director/CEO, will be a guest speaker. Panel discussions will include representatives from NIBSS, Fintech Association of Nigeria, OPay Digital Services Limited, Providus Bank, and SMEDAN. FICAN Chairman, Chima Titus Nwokoji, highlighted the conference's significance in the current economic climate, emphasizing the need to assess the reforms' achievements and develop practical measures to enhance financial stability, promote inclusive growth, and boost investor confidence.",
  "summary": "Nume Ekeghe Nigeria’s banking recapitalisation programme, tax reforms and the rapid expansion of financial technology will take centre stage as policymakers, regulators and financial industry leaders converge in Lagos for",
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}