POS transactions drop to N552.26 billion in Nigeria

Point of Sale transactions in Nigeria dropped marginally by 0.74% to N552.26 billion in October 2021 compared to N556.36 billion recorded in the previous month. This is according to recent data released by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS).

The value of POS transactions dropped despite a 33.6% increase in the volume of transactions to 91.39 million from 87.71 million recorded in September 2021.

Further analysis of the data showed that the number of POS terminals deployed in October rose by 7.6% month-on-month to 764,589 in the review month.

The volume of POS transactions continues to increase across the country, as Nigeria’s adoption of cashless transactions witnesses a significant boost since the covid-19 lockdown in 2020.

Due to the lockdown measures implemented by the federal government in response to the spread of the virus, Nigerians had to transact from the comfort of their homes as they could not visit the banking halls during this period.