{"id":45136,"date":"2020-11-30T17:22:17","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=45136"},"modified":"2020-11-30T17:22:17","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T16:22:17","slug":"uba-gets-double-honours-at-bafi-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/uba-gets-double-honours-at-bafi-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"UBA Gets Double Honours At BAFI Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv8841090960MsoNormal\"><b>\u2026 Wins Best Bank of the Year, International Bank of the Year<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8841090960MsoNormal\">Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, carted two highly coveted laurels at the BusinessDay\u2019s Bank and other Financial Institutions Awards (BAFI) winning the Bank of the Year and the International Bank of the Year at the glamorous event held over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8841090960MsoNormal\">The bank beat other strong contenders &#8211; Zenith Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Access Bank and First Bank &#8211; to clinch the two top categories in a well-attended ceremony comprising of Bank CEO\u2019s, Captains of Industries and Senior financial executives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8841090960MsoNormal\">UBA won the \u2018Bank of the Year\u2019 in recognition of UBA\u2019s consistent effort in outperforming its peers using a composite of financial metrics, strategic foresight, execution discipline, world-class governance and global vision.<\/p>\n<p>The Bank also won the award for \u2018International Bank of the Year\u2019, a keenly contested category, that pitches Nigerian financial institutions that have expanded on the continent against their international peers operating across Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8841090960MsoNormal\">UBA\u2019s Deputy Managing Director, Mr. Liadi Ayoku, who received the awards on behalf of the bank, expressed his delight on the recognition from\u00a0BusinessDay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2999586839MsoNormal\">He said, \u201cThese awards mark another milestone for UBA Group and is a testament of the diligent execution of the bank\u2019s strategic initiatives on customer service. Being recognized as Nigeria\u2019s best bank complements positive feedback from customers and is a recognition of our improving efficiencies, service quality and innovation. I therefore dedicate it to our growing loyal corporate and retail customers, who are our essence. Given our heritage commitment to Africa\u2019s development, we continue to impact lives through our service as well as funding to individuals, businesses and government,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2999586839MsoNormal\">Ayoku pointed out that the bank remains focused on its goal of democratizing banking in Africa, leveraging on new technologies and emphasised its determination to change the narrative of financial services in Africa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2999586839MsoNormal\">Publisher of BusinessDay Newspapers, organisers of the event, Frank Aigbogun, noted that UBA has excelled in the key areas of prioritising customers, which according earned the bank the double honours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2999586839MsoNormal\">While explaining the rationale behind UBA winning the two prestigious categories in its December issue, Aigbogun noted that the bank stood out in prioritising customers as has been evident in the significant rise in \u00a0Customer Deposits\u00a0 which leaped by 35.7 % to N5.2trillion up from N3.8 trillion at the end of the last financial year.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv2999586839MsoNormal\">He noted that even though Africa\u2019s economic landscape has been unpredictable in recent times which resulted in recession in Nigeria and some of Africa\u2019s best performing economies, the bank still found its rhythm and excelled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2999586839MsoNormal\">He said, \u201cIn these conditions only the most diversified and innovative of regional banks can prosper. And this is precisely why UBA has scooped the\u00a0BAFI 2020, Best Bank of the year and International Bank of the year, a testament to hard work, resilience. For one, the lender registered impressive top- and bottom-line growth over the review period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2999586839MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">United Bank for Africa Plc is a leading Pan-African financial institution, offering banking services to more than twenty-one million customers, across over 1,000 business offices and customer touch points, in 20 African countries. With presence in the United States of America, the United Kingdom and France, UBA is connecting people and businesses across Africa through retail; commercial and corporate banking; innovative cross-border payments and remittances; trade finance and ancillary banking services.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>Photo Caption:<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2999586839MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"yiv2999586839Picture_x0020_2\" src=\"https:\/\/apis.mail.yahoo.com\/ws\/v3\/mailboxes\/@.id==VjN-psp2MJMDGNvtS9eMmu1uqOONxopLKwOrlY0W4zD8OXjThwGxmLTmVX_tnEsUlr2e4QS589m2ULn4HOf3kMCF_g\/messages\/@.id==AHQXI8IV4VklX8TOlgmweAEGR6s\/content\/parts\/@.id==5\/thumbnail?appId=YMailNoble&amp;downloadWhenThumbnailFails=true&amp;pid=5\" width=\"685\" height=\"511\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2999586839MsoNormal\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">l-r: Head of Media and Media Relations, UBA Plc, Ramon Nasir; Deputy Managing Director, United Bank for Africa, Liadi Ayoku, President, Nigerian Institute of Taxation, Dame Gladys Olajumoke Simplice; and Managing Director, BusinessDay Newspapers. Mr Ogho Okiti at the BusinessDay Bank and other Financial Institutions Award (BAFI) where UBA won Bank of the Year and International Bank of the Year Awards, held \u00a0in Lagos at the weekend.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Pix 1 &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8084315761MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"yiv8084315761MsoNormal\"><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Deputy Managing Director, Ayo Liadi with the Bank of the Year Award won by UBA at the BusinessDay Bank and other Financial Institutions Award (BAFI), held in Lagos at the weekend.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, carted two highly coveted laurels at the BusinessDay\u2019s Bank and other Financial Institutions Awards (BAFI) winning the Bank of the Year and the International Bank of the Year at the glamorous event held over the weekend.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":45138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[7857],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-45136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-uba-awards"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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