{"id":163,"date":"2024-09-06T13:10:49","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T12:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/?p=163"},"modified":"2024-09-06T13:10:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T12:10:50","slug":"fg-threatens-shutdown-legal-action-against-unregistered-pos-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"FG Threatens Shutdown, Legal Action Against Unregistered POS Operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federal Government, through the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), has issued a stern warning to Point of Sale (POS) operators in the Fintech sector, threatening to shut down businesses that fail to complete their registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement released on Friday, the CAC reminded operators that the 60-day registration deadline, which expired on September 5, 2024, has not been adhered to by many in the industry. The Commission praised those who have complied but emphasized that non-compliance will not be tolerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Corporate Affairs Commission wishes to remind the general public, particularly Fintech operators, also known as Point of Sale (POS) operators, that the 60-day deadline given in daily newspaper publications of July 7, 2024, for the registration of such businesses expired on September 5, 2024,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CAC expressed concern over the low compliance rate, given the large number of POS operators across the country. &#8220;Those who have taken steps to formalize in line with the Commission&#8217;s directive are commended for their positive attitudes,&#8221; the statement continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the Commission pointed out that many operators have ignored the directive, suggesting that some might be involved in questionable activities or have other undisclosed reasons for non-compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe wish to make it clear that the Commission is working with law enforcement agencies and other relevant stakeholders to deploy a comprehensive enforcement and sanction framework. This may include not only possible shutdowns but also severe legal consequences,\u201d the CAC warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operators were urged to comply immediately to avoid facing penalties, as enforcement actions are imminent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government, through the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), has issued a stern warning to Point of Sale (POS) operators in the Fintech sector, threatening to shut down businesses that fail to complete their registration. In a statement released on Friday, the CAC reminded operators that the 60-day registration deadline, which expired on September 5, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[31,22,17],"class_list":["post-163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-nigeria"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-26.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}