Nigerian banks account for 92% of suspicious transaction reports (STRs) submitted to the Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) in 2025, according to reporting based on NFIU data.
The overall number of STR filings is reported to have declined sharply during the year, even as banks continue to represent the overwhelming majority of reports. Other reporting outlets frame the development as part of a broader trend in financial crime reporting and the role of banks in Nigeria’s anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) reporting system.
While both outlets highlight the same key figure—banks’ 92% share—they emphasize different implications: one focuses on the contrast between banks’ dominant contribution and the fall in total filings, while the other situates the statistic within trends in financial-crime reporting.
