{"id":8071,"date":"2016-08-09T07:20:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T06:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=8071"},"modified":"2016-08-09T07:20:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T06:20:09","slug":"wema-bank-concludes-landmark-facebook-live-game-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wema-bank-concludes-landmark-facebook-live-game-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Wema Bank Concludes Landmark Facebook Live Game Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRIDAY \u00a0EKEOBA<br \/>\nWema Bank, Nigeria\u2019s longest surviving indigenous bank wrote its name\u00a0in the annals of innovation in the Nigerian banking industry as\u00a0it successfully concluded the groundbreaking 945 Game Show hosted live\u00a0on Facebook. Wema Bank is the first ever Nigerian lender to host a live\u00a0game show on Facebook, a social media platform with 7.2 million daily\u00a0users from Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalwire.com.ng\">nationalwire.com.ng<\/a>\u00a0on Monday, the bank said\u00a0every night at 9.45pm for 24 days, three winners emerged, winning cash\u00a0prizes of N90,000, N40,000 and N50,000 in line with Wema Bank\u2019s new\u00a0USSD banking code *945#.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I expected a bank to host a game show I wouldn\u2019t think of Facebook.\u00a0If I thought about Facebook, I wouldn\u2019t think of Wema Bank. But\u00a0Wema Bank has shown that with age comes wisdom,\u201d said Adekunle Adeniyi,\u00a0aLagos-based Digital Marketing professional. \u201cWema Bank has set the\u00a0bar higher in terms of how banks market their products and reward\u00a0customers who adopt new services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director, Folake Sanu, at Wema Bank Plc. who co-hosted the\u00a0last episode of the game show comments: \u201cThe game show is a wonderful\u00a0platform to reward and encourage Wema Bank customers to use our\u00a0new USSD banking code *945#. We are saying if you want to live the\u00a0convenient and easy life, use *945#. We are with you all the way!\u201d<\/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>Since its launch on July 7, *945# has made banking easierfor\u00a0Nigerians, a lot of whom have adopted the service. The bank which has\u00a0plansto open new branches across the country following a national<br \/>\nbanking license obtained last year, has been able to deploy its USSD\u00a0banking platform to parts of Nigeria it is yet to reach. With about 80\u00a0percent of the Nigerian population owning a mobile phone, the new USSD\u00a0banking platform has widened the reach of Wema Bank as confirmed by the\u00a0945 Game Show where winners emerged from allregions of the country.\u00a0Over the past one month, tens of thousands of new accounts have been\u00a0opened using *945#.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWema Bank has always been a brand that aligns with its customers and\u00a0ensures that they have access to the best services which make their\u00a0lives easier. We have proven this again with *945#. The\u00a0experience sshared by our customers, who won on the 945 Game Show\u00a0attest to the impact Wema Bank is making in the lives of its\u00a0customers,\u201d said Onome Odili, Head Brand and Marketing Communications\u00a0at Wema Bank Plc.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from its USSD banking, which is increasingly beingadopted by\u00a0Nigerians, Wema Bank will continue to roll out services that willmake\u00a0banking easier, using innovation to trigger growth<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRIDAY \u00a0EKEOBA Wema Bank, Nigeria\u2019s longest surviving indigenous bank wrote its name\u00a0in the annals of innovation in the Nigerian banking industry as\u00a0it successfully concluded the groundbreaking 945 Game Show hosted live\u00a0on Facebook. 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