In just 18 days after launch, CBN’s eNaira has registered 488,000 subscribers and 17,000 transactions in 160 Countries
488,000 consumer wallets have been on-boarded to Nigeria’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) platform known as the eNaira from over 160 countries through Google Playstore and Apple Store as of Friday.
Data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at the weekend, also showed that about 78,000 merchant wallets have also been on-boarded to the digital currency infrastructure.
Also, transactions on the eNaira stood at about 17,000 valued at over N62 million.
This is an indication of growing enthusiasm for the central bank’s digital currency, which has been described as a game-changer.
The digital platform had recorded about 200,000 wallets downloads in less than one day that the portal came alive.
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