One bank has emailed customers to
this effect, stressing it is a "temporary measure".
Access to foreign online retailers
will also be affected when the ban takes effect on 1 January 2016.
It is part of the government's effort
to try to stem the flow of foreign exchange out of the country.
The unofficial value of the Nigerian
currency, the naira, has plunged because of the fall in the oil price - its
main export.
Africa's largest economy has spent
billions of dollars propping up the currency since it fixed the exchange rate
in February and tightened trading rules to curb speculation.
It is not clear how many people will
be affected by the latest measure but the BBC's Bashir Sa'ad Abdullahi in the
capital, Abuja, says wealthy Nigerians travel abroad regularly and use their
local cards for shopping and other transactions.
Some top-end shops in London have
signs in Hausa to cater for the large number of Nigerian customers.
One of the banks, Standard
Chartered, has emailed its customers notifying them of the ban.
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announcement
In June, the central bank banned
businesses from accessing hard currency to import about 40 items.
The list included Indian incense,
plastic and rubber products, soap and even private jets.
The amount that Nigerians could
spend on credit cards abroad has already been reduced by the banks.
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