The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the license of Heritage Bank Plc with immediate effect.

This decision, it said, was to maintain a stable and healthy financial system as authorised under Section 12 of the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) 2020.

A statement by Mrs. Hakama Sidi Ali Acting Director, Corporate Communications said the revocation was executed after Heritage Bank breached Section 12 (1) of BOFIA 2020.

For customers of the bank, here’s what happens to your money when the license of your bank gets revoked:

1. The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) would promptly start the payment process of insured sums to eligible depositors of the closed banks by verifying their eligibility at the banks’ premises.

2. The insured limit is a maximum of N5,000,000 for each depositor for deposits held in each insured Deposit Money Bank (DMB) like Heritage.

3. This implies that if you have about N10 million in your account, you would be paid N5m if a bank becomes insolvent or closed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)

4. Depositors would then be required to obtain necessary documentation, including proof of account ownership, valid identification, and an alternative bank account, to facilitate the verification and payment of their insured deposits.

5. If a husband and wife or any two or more persons have, in addition to their individual accounts, a joint account in the same insured bank, the joint account and each of the individually-owned accounts are separately insured up to the insured maximum sum.

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