CBN OFFERS ISLAMIC BANKING BACK UP PRODUCTS

The Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has come up with two new products designed specifically to help non-interest financial institutions access lifeline support whenever needed and interest free too.

According to the Director, Financial markets of the CBN, Dr Alvan Ikoku, through a recent circular, the two products are Funding for liquidity facility (FfLF) and Intra-day Facility (IDF) meant to provide very short term credit to these institutions whenever needed to stay liquid.

Both products have much in common except that the FfLF will provide over night support of the kind interest charging institutions provide each other or look to the CBN whenever needed while the IDF lasts one day, no overnight.

The active periods for the overnight credit is from 2pm to 3.30 pm and any  credit extended is to be terminated on the next day.

The IDF, on the other hand, will be available between 9am and 2.30 pm with repayment within the same day between 10am and 3pm.

Both are to be backed with eligible security or collateral like CBN safe custody account deposits; CBN non-interest not; CBN asset backed security; any sukuk (non-interest bearing finance) approved for liquidity statements and any other prescribed by the CBN. Such collaterals however, must have value of not less than 110 per cent of the credit sought.

Failure to repay on schedule automatically gives the CBN right to discount the pledged securities at par, recover the security and remit net value.

Although the both shall be interest free, the market support committee of the CBN may approve administrative charges deemed necessary  on the facility to cover direct costs.

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