The Central Bank of Nigeria is considering plans to increase the share capital of Bureau De Change operators to N2bn and N500m for Tier 1 and Tier 2 licenses.
The currency operators were previously charged N35m for a general license.
This was contained in the draft paper of a “Revised Regulatory And Supervisory Guidelines For Bureau De Change Operations In Nigeria” published by the apex bank on Friday.
The new guidelines contain several new changes to the guidelines for BDC operations in the country and if endorsed will be effective at a date decided by the CBN.
Recently, operations of the currency operators have suffered heavy backlash following the free fall of the naira against the dollar.
Government officials have severely blamed the black market operators for this fall though liquidity remains a huge challenge.
This week, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision arrested over 250 BDC operators in Abuja and many more in other states of the federation.