Big banks’ customer lending jumps to N42trn on rate cut

    Chinwe Michael and Wasiu Alli | Top Stories | Nov 15, 2025    
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Nigeria’s biggest banks are seeing a fresh resurgence in customer lending, with combined loans nearing N42 trillion in the first nine months of 2025, driven largely by a more accommodative monetary policy stance and early signs of renewed credit appetite across key sectors of the economy.

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