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CBN directs payment service providers to begin PoS transaction tracking

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released a new directive to Payment Service Providers (PSPs), requiring them to comply with enhanced routing guidelines for Point of Sale (PoS) transactions.

This move is aimed at strengthening the monitoring of electronic transactions across Nigeria.

The directive, issued on September 11, 2024, follows CBN’s initiative to diversify the Payment Terminal Service Aggregator (PTSA) structure, which previously operated through a single aggregator.

In a circular, signed by Oladimeji Yisa Taiwo on behalf of the CBN’s Payments System Management Department, the apex bank mandates that all PoS transactions from merchant and agent locations, whether physical or electronic, must now be routed through any CBN-licensed PTSA.

The directive is part of efforts to decentralise PoS transaction routing and address concerns over the centralization of such transactions under a single entity.

The directive reads: “To achieve the objective of tracking electronic transactions in Nigeria, the Central Bank of Nigeria, in August 2011, granted a Payment Terminal Service Aggregator licence to Nigeria Interbank Settlement System Plc.

“In furtherance of the above, the CBN hereby directs acquirers to route all transactions from PoS terminals at merchant and agent locations, whether on physical or electronic PoS terminals, through any CBN-licensed Payment Terminal Service Aggregator.”

Additionally, the circular specifies that “PTSAs are required to send PoS transactions to only processors certified by the relevant Payment Scheme, nominated by the Acquirer, and licensed by the CBN.”

This new policy follows the September 5 deadline for PoS agents to formally register their businesses with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).

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