<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550919382284163366</id><updated>2026-04-02T02:15:23.091-07:00</updated><category term="News and Analysis"/><category term="CBN Regulations"/><category term="National News"/><category term="Jobs"/><category term="Toolkits"/><category term="Polling Corner"/><title type='text'>Nigeria Microfinance</title><subtitle type='html'>Comprehensive Website on Microfinance in Nigeria</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.nigeriamicrofinance.org/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5550919382284163366/posts/default/-/Polling+Corner'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.nigeriamicrofinance.org/search/label/Polling%20Corner'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Naveen</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05990529623136040209</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5550919382284163366.post-4709966609202014857</id><published>2012-10-28T22:54:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2012-11-02T09:18:26.630-07:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="CBN Regulations"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Polling Corner"/><title type='text'>Reducing financial exclusion rate to 20% by 2020. Is it achievable?</title><summary type="text">
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has recently (in October 2012) launched the much acclaimed Financial Inclusion Strategy. The strategy is expected to dramatically change the financial landscape of Nigeria. One of its several objectives is to ensure 80% of Nigerians have access to finance. Is it achievable?
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