{
  "id": 3322426,
  "title": "Telecoms giant MTN eyes banking licences as it pushes deeper into lending",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/telecoms-giant-mtn-eyes-banking-licences-as-it-pushes-deeper-into",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-25T17:52:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/technology/article/telecoms-giant-mtn-eyes-banking-licences-as-it-pushes-deeper-into-lending/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Africa’s largest telecoms operator MTN Group is exploring banking licences in select markets as the company looks to expand lending read more Telecoms giant MTN eyes banking licences as it pushes deeper into lending",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}