Banking, fintech, and fraud: Can Nigeria’s digital payments outpace security risks?

    Prisca Ndu | Insights | Apr 17, 2026    
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In order to ensure the safety of our fintech platforms in Nigeria, we need to “Align digital payment innovation with proactive security investment: Regulators and financial institutions must implement integrated real-time monitoring, enforce automated AML compliance, and coordinate cross-institution intelligence sharing to ensure that rapid fintech growth does not outpace fraud prevention capabilities.”

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