Pan
African banking and financial services group, United Bank for Africa
(UBA) Plc has added yet another laurel to its cap as it emerged
the Financial Brand of the Decade at the Marketing Edge Awards which
was held over the weekend.
The
award in recognition of UBA’s innovative and pacesetting role, is a
product of painstaking review and assessment of the iconic contributions
of the brand to the growth, development and continuing evolution of the
Nigerian banking industry. It also recognises UBA’s commitment to the
enthronement of global best practices in the Nigerian banking sector.
The
awards session was dedicated to outstanding brands (both corporate and
product) and to personalities in the integrated marketing communication
industry aimed at promoting the brand idea,
in line with the company’s vision. The award also celebrated the career
exploits and achievements of brands, agencies and nominees of which UBA
emerged the big winner.
Mr.
Toruka Osandunkwu, UBA’s Head, Brand Management, who received the award
over the weekend in Lagos, expressed his delight and commended the
organizers for the recognition given to UBA.
He explained that UBA’s dedication to innovation and hardwork towards
satisfying customers’ needs, earned the bank the award of Financial
Brand of the Decade. He emphasized the bank’s endless commitment to
excellent service in line with its renewed focus to
put the customer first.
He
said, “We have worked very hard to make this brand what it is today,
and we are indeed grateful for the recognition of our various efforts,
which have resulted in UBA coming up with innovations
that are changing the face of banking on the African continent’.
Mr.
John Ajayi, the CEO, Marketing Edge Publications Limited, organizers of
the awards, said UBA’s impactful strides in the face of daunting
challenges, especially its pathfinder role and
market leadership for the past 70 years has earned the bank the award
of Financial Brand of the decade.
United
Bank for Africa Plc is a leading pan-African financial services group,
with presence in 19 African countries, as well as the United Kingdom,
the United States of America
and France.
UBA
was incorporated in Nigeria as a limited liability company after taking
over the assets of the British and French Bank Limited who had been
operating in Nigeria since
1949. The United Bank for Africa merged with Standard Trust Bank in
2005 and from a single country operation founded in 1949 in Nigeria -
Africa's largest economy - UBA has become one of the leading providers
of banking and other financial services on the
African continent. The Bank provides services to over14 million
customers globally, through one of the most diverse service channels in
sub-Saharan Africa, with over 1,000 branches and customer touch points
and robust online and mobile banking platforms.
UBA
was the first Nigerian bank to make an Initial Public Offering,
following its listing on the NSE in1970. It was also the first Nigerian
bank to issue Global Depository Receipts. The shares
of UBA are publicly traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the Bank
has a well-diversified shareholder base, which includes foreign and
local institutional investors, as well as individual shareholders
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