BOFIA 2020 exposure returns: the 7 errors examiners flag every time
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Practice · Regulatory Compliance
Eight regulators. One calendar.
CAC, CBN, SEC, NDPC, NCC, FRC, PenCom and NITDA — filings, licensing, examinations and remediation, monitored on one leadership-led compliance calendar.
200+
Annual filings managed for clients in 2025
0
Late penalty events across the portfolio
12
Regulator-led examinations supported
01 · What we doSub-practices.
Sub-practices.
One accountable senior consultant.
Every Outliers engagement is leadership-led. You get one named senior consultant, one accountable team and one model that travels across the full scope of the practice.
01
CAC & Corporate Filings
Annual returns, beneficial ownership, charge registration and restructuring filings.
02
CBN / BOFIA
Returns, exposure reporting, licensing for OFIs, MFBs, PSPs and payment institutions.
03
SEC & Capital Markets
Issuer registration, fund manager filings, market-making and disclosure obligations.
04
NDPC Data Protection
DPIA, audit filings, breach notifications and DPCO appointments.
05
FRC & NCCG
Filings, corporate governance reports and FRC penalty remediation.
06
PenCom, ITF, NHF, NSITF
Statutory contributions, certificate renewals and audit defence.
02 · How we work
A method, not a moodboard.
01
Map
We build your full regulator-by-regulator obligation map — what's due, when, to whom, with what penalty.
02
Calendar
Every obligation goes onto one shared compliance calendar with named owners and lead times.
03
File
Our team prepares, reviews and submits — with senior sign-off on anything material.
04
Defend
When examinations come, we lead the response and remediate findings before they escalate.
03 · Who we serve
Built for boards that own the number.
- Banks, OFIs, MFBs and PSPs under CBN supervision
- Listed and public-interest entities under SEC and FRC
- Insurers and HMOs under NAICOM and NHIA
- Asset managers, fund administrators and trustees
- Fintechs scaling licences across payments and lending
- Multinationals expanding into Nigeria for the first time
Gated download
Download: The Outliers Regulatory Calendar 2026
Every CAC, CBN, SEC, NDPC, FRC, NCC, PenCom and NITDA obligation — dates, forms, penalties — in one PDF.
04 · Related insights
All insights Recent thinking from the desk.
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Take a 3-minute Compliance Health Check.
We score your exposure across eight regulators and return a expert-reviewed remediation plan.