The Major Financial Institutions
There are over 1000 registered institutions that provide payments/financial services in Nigeria. They include 25 consolidated deposit money banks (as at 31st December, 2005) with x branches, 5 discount houses, 759 community banks, 293 bureau- de- change, 111 finance companies, 90 primary mortgage institutions and 6 development finance institutions.
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