April 22, 2021/CBN
- The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has in recent times been inundated with complaints from members of the public on the rejection of old/lower denominations of US Dollar bills by Deposit money banks (DMBs) and other authorized forex dealers.
- All DMBs/authorized forex dealers should henceforth accept both Old series and lower denominations of United States Dollars (USD) that are legal tender for deposit from their customers.
- The CBN will not hesitate to sanction any DMB or other authorized forex dealers who refuse to accepi old series/lower denominations Of US Dollar bills from their customers.
- In addition, all authorized forex dealers are advised to desist from defacing/stamping US Dollar Banknotes as such notes always fail authentication test during processing/sorting.
Please note for immediate compliance.