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BREAKING: FG Deletes All Approved Loan Apps From Database

FG has deleted all the approved Loan Apps from its database.

 

CityNews Nigeria reports that the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has deleted the list of all approved loan apps, otherwise known as Digital Money Lenders (DMLs) from its website.

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The Commission said the list, which comprises names of over 180 registered loan apps in the country was removed for ‘clean-up’. “

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The list is undergoing a clean-up and will be made available as soon as possible,” the message on the FCCPC website reads.

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The ongoing review or clean-up of the list may not be unconnected with the recent report by Nairametrics that some of the registered digital lenders have continued to defame and harass their customers, the same practice the registration was meant to forestall.

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The FCCPC would later confirm the report through its investigation.

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A snapshot of the FCCPC website as of July 31, 2023

Challenges of regulating digital lenders

Highlighting some of the challenges of regulating online lenders in a recent interview with Nairametrics, the Chief Executive Officer of FCCPC, Mr. Babatunde Irukera said the fact that the companies operate on the internet makes it very difficult to have total regulatory control.

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  • “Our concern is similar to global challenges concerning digital lending. Technology is an incredible tool and platform for expansion and shared prosperity; however, it is sadly also a potential tool for exploiting and impoverishing people. We are now certain that those who are willing to do business ethically have come within the Framework, while those determined to engage in illegal and abusive conduct find other means.
  • “Although the potential for their businesses and patronage is severely diminished by the regulatory and enforcement framework, the internet still makes it possible for them to engage in business anyway. We are also discovering that some within the Framework are creating alternative channels outside of the Framework to do business.  As we find those, we permanently, without opportunity for renewal or return remove them from the list allowed to operate.
  • “The painstaking work of tracking businesses on the internet and holding them accountable is a global phenomenon and challenge that regulators and law enforcers are struggling with internationally. Nigeria is not excluded. Indeed, many, even more, developed countries and platforms including Google are borrowing from some of the efforts that have so far worked in Nigeria,” Irukera said.

He added that the experience shared by regulators from other countries shows that all regulators are facing similar challenges and are still undergoing some learnings in regulating internet-based businesses.

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