{
  "id": 5354215,
  "title": "What the Shift to Digital Payments Means for Nigerian Businesses",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/what-the-shift-to-digital-payments-means-for-nigerian-businesses-5354215",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T14:54:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/what-the-shift-to-digital-payments-means-for-nigerian-businesses/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For years, running a shop in Nigeria meant living with cash. Customers came in from morning till closing with naira notes, neat or crumpled, and the day ended with the owner deciding where to hide the day’s yield. Shops became soft targets, because robbers knew that however slow sales had been, a shop would always Read More:…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "What the Shift to Digital Payments Means for Nigerian Businesses",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/what-the-shift-to-digital-payments-means-for-nigerian-businesses",
        "published": "2026-09-03T14:54:37.000Z"
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  "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."
}