{
  "id": 2078624,
  "title": "Banks’ Trade Lending Jumps 34.7% to N6.29 Trillion, Manufacturing Credit Falls 12.3%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/banks-trade-lending-jumps-34-7-to-n6-29-trillion-manufacturing-credit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T04:29:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/08/20/banks-trade-lending-jumps-34-7-to-n6-29-trillion-manufacturing-credit-falls-12-3/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "• Oil sector lending weakens to N10.58trn in March Nume Ekeghe Deposit money banks significantly increased financing to trade and commerce in the first quarter of 2026, even as lending",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}