Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System has disclosed that nations electronic payment transactions has risen  by 85.52 per cent year-on-year to N171.99tn in August 2021.

According to NIBSS, from January to August 2020, e-payment was N92.71tn. It increased to N171.99tn in the corresponding period in 2021, which is 85.52 per cent increase y-o-y. E-payment transactions are tracked on the NIBSS through the Nigeria Instant Payment System and Point of Sales terminals. NIP transactions witnessed 86.79 per cent increase y-o-y, from N89.90tn in 2020 to N167.93tn in 2021. PoS transactions witnessed 44.85 per cent increase y-o-y, from N2.81tn in 2020 to N4.07tn in 2021. In a report by the NIBSS titled ‘Instant Payments – 2020 Annual Statistics’, it said that the COVID-19 pandemic had changed the e-Payments landscape, and accelerated the adoption of instant payments as more people are switching to electronic channels for funds exchange. The NIBSS added that mobile drove electronic payment in 2020, accounting for 43 per cent of total transactions in 2020, while 35 per cent of transactions was with USSD, indicating a 78 per cent of total transfer transactions were carried out using mobile devices.