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Bridge Banks and Shareholders of Failed Banks – Victims or Culprits?

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Image sourced from the Nigerian Voice On Friday, the 21 st of September, 2018, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revoked the banking licence of Nigeria’s Skye Bank and together with the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), announced the establishment of a bridge bank to assume the assets and liabilities of Skye Bank. Bridge banks are set up to take over the operations of a failed bank pending the consequent sale to a new investor. The primary objective of this is the management and avoidance of systemic risk. Bridge banks are typically established for a restricted period of not more than three years, with a general average of two years. The establishment of a bridge bank does not necessarily translate to an automatic business rescue; failure to find an investor within the relevant time-frame will result in a liquidation of the operations of the bank. The September 2018 action by Nigeria’s central bank is not the first in the history of the country. In Augu