Offline UPI payments work through a service called *99#, which uses Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) technology ...

Nigerian Communications Commission has directed Banks to start deducting charges for unstructured supplementary service data transactions directly from users’ mobile airtime. In a statement sent to ...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced an important change on the deduction of charges for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions. Starting Tuesday, June 3, ...

After a prolonged blame game over the N150 billion debt for the use of Unsupported Supplementary Service Data (USSD), there appears to be a flicker of light at the end of the tunnel for telcos. The ...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a new Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code to enable Nigerians to verify the authenticity of banks and other financial service providers ...

The telecommunication companies have argued that the relationship with the Deposit Money Banks(DMOs)can no longer continue due to the bank’s failure to pay up the ₦120 billion owed to the telcos for ...

Nigerian telcos reveal the money owed by Deposit Money Banks (DMB) from the use of Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) has risen to over ₦100 billion. Debt in Africa Nigerian telcos reveal ...

Cybercriminals are exploiting USSD codes, disguised as delivery agents, to activate call forwarding on unsuspecting citizens' phones. This allows them to intercept bank alerts and OTPs, leading to ...

First Bank has announced a service disruption on Thursday, in a notice released on its X account. It said that the disruption affected its online channels, including FirstMobile, FirstOnline and ...