Banks are to publish details of all foreign exchange transactions on the Financial Market Dealers Quote (FMDQ) platform.
This was contained in a new directive issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to banks.
Announcing the directive of the CBN in an email to foreign exchange dealers, Managing Director/Chief Executive FMDQ, Mr. Bola Onadele said, “Banks should “update all trades irrespective of the exchange rate.
“The CBN is very interested in credible price formation for the spot foreign-exchange market.
“It is also imperative for price discovery and liquidity assessment of our market, which are key to activate foreign portfolio investment flows”, he said
Banks should publish all their so-called “off-line trades” on its trading system “within 30 minutes of execution of such transactions,” according to a separate e-mail sent to dealers by FMDQ on the same day.
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