NDIC opens up, as payment of Heritage Bank customers run into a hitch

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The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, (NDIC), says account names discrepancies in Bank Verification Number (BVN) linked alternate account of some defunct Heritage Bank customers is delaying the payment of their insured deposits. Managing Director of NDIC, Bello Hassan, who stated this to newsmen in Abuja at the weekend, said the corporation had paid substantial amount to depositors of the defunct bank without BVN account linked issues. He called on depositors of the bank who were yet to receive their insured deposit credit alert to visit the NDIC’s website and complete…

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Depositors of Heritage Bank to get their money this week – NDIC

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Depositors of Heritage Bank (in liquidation) will be paid their insured deposits as from this week. The Managing Director (MD) of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Bello Hassan, disclosed this yesterday, at a press conference in Abuja. According to him, over 99 percent of the 2.3 million depositors have N5 million and less in their accounts and will therefore be paid in full. He explained that only about 4,000 depositors have above N5 million in their accounts, saying for such customers, they will receive an initial N5 million along…

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NDIC takes over Heritage Bank, as CBN revokes license

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The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commenced the liquidation of Heritage Bank, assuring it will pay depositors of the failed bank N5 million insured deposits. Director of Communication & Public Affairs, Bashir Nuhu, disclosed this in a statement, yesterday. The statement read in part: “Following the revocation of the banking license of Heritage Bank Plc by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) today, June 3, 2024 and the appointment of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) as the Liquidator, pursuant to Section 12(2) of the Banks & Othwr Financial…

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FG releases list of 20 closed banks; asks depositors to retrieve their money

In a significant update, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has released the names of 20 failed banks whose depositors, creditors, and shareholders are set to receive an additional N16.18 billion in liquidation dividends.  Contrary to recent reports suggesting the closure of new banks in Nigeria, the NDIC clarified that the 20 banks in question had previously shut down due to the revocation of their operating licenses by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) between 1994 and 2018. The NDIC Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Bashir Nuhu, debunked the…

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$76m Cash Haul: A’isha Odariko was Perm Sec. Kyari Dikwa’s Account officer

…”She’s under probe” – NDIC The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has confirmed that one of its staff, Aisha Odariko, who was linked to a fraudulent case of stockpiling about $76 million cash of unexplained origin in a duplex in Abuja, was an account officer to Mohammed Kyari Dikwa, a retired permanent secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance. According to reports, Mrs. Odariko, 43, from Okene LGA in Kogi State, had been a subject of a sprawling criminal investigation by federal authorities of how $4 million cash was hauled…

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Distressed Banks: NDIC  urges depositors to file claims

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, (NDIC), says it established a strong structure to meet its obligations of settling depositors who lost money in any closed banks. Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer NDIC, Hassan Bello, who disclosed this during a courtesy visit by the executive members of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria, (FICAN) in Abuja, implored such depositors to file their claims through the zonal offices of the corporation in Nigeria. Besides, the NDIC has appointed ten agent banks to help facilitate payment across the nation. The banks are: First Bank…

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NDIC begins payment of liquidation dividends to depositors, shareholders of 14 dead banks

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, (NDIC), has announced that it is ready to pay the liquidation dividends of uninsured creditors, depositors and shareholders of 14 closed banks with it. In a press statement released yesterday by the Corporation’s Director, Communication and Public Affairs Department, Bashir Nuhu, the NDIC stated that while stakeholders of eight closed banks are to receive their first round of liquidation dividend payments, those of the other six are to be paid additional sums due to them as part of their liquidation dividends. The release listed the…

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