UBA Dominates Annual Banker Awards In London, Wins In 5 Categories
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, one of Africa’s largest financial services institutions, has proved it is in a class of its own by sweepin...
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United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, one of Africa’s largest financial services institutions, has proved it is in a class of its own by sweeping the global banking awards in London, Thursday, winning in five categories to become one of the highest single winning bank brands at this year’s awards.
The global banking awards is organised annually in London by The Banker magazine, and in this year’s edition, UBA was voted ‘Bank of the Year in Africa’ after trumping others to win the highly coveted award for pan-African bank brands.
A statement from the bank, signed by Ramon Nasir, head, Media Relations Unit, reveals that this is the second time in three years that the bank has won the prestigious award, recalling that the first was in 2012.
According to the statement, four country subsidiaries of UBA Group in Sierra Leone, Gabon, Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire also won “Bank of the Year” for their respective countries, reflecting a brand excellence that cuts across national boundaries and pervades the continent. “UBA Senegal won the award for the third consecutive year, having won in 2012 and 2013”, the statement added.
The statement quotes Phillips Oduoza, the bank’s Group Managing Director/CEO as saying that “winning this award twice in three years is a recognition of our commitment to delivering excellence and our consistent achievement of that goal.
“We remain focused on the realisation of our strategic intent of becoming ‘Africa’s Global Bank’ and continue to explore opportunities in markets and sectors across the continent that will enable us achieve this intent,” Oduoza said.
A publication of the Financial Times newspaper, The Banker is a global financial intelligence magazine that provides global bank ratings and analyses and is the definitive reference on international banking for high level decision makers globally.
The magazine explains that the aim of the award ceremony “is to highlight industry-wide excellence within the global banking community”, adding that one winning bank is selected from participating banks in each of the 120 countries from which entries are received for the competition.
Associate publisher of the magazine, Philip Church, stressed that UBA’s performance at the awards was a testimony to the trust the bank’s clients have placed in it and its operations over the year. “Being named as Bank of the Year in your own country by the world’s longest running international banking title is a testament to the strong management, sound business model and prudent risk approach of your bank”, Church said.
Only last September, UBA won ‘Best Transaction Bank from Africa’. The award which focuses on transaction banking does not only recognise banks that have made improvements to their investments in technology, but more importantly, how these improvements are of real use to the bank’s customers, noted Jane Cooper, Transaction Banking Editor at The Banker.
Source: Business Day
The global banking awards is organised annually in London by The Banker magazine, and in this year’s edition, UBA was voted ‘Bank of the Year in Africa’ after trumping others to win the highly coveted award for pan-African bank brands.
A statement from the bank, signed by Ramon Nasir, head, Media Relations Unit, reveals that this is the second time in three years that the bank has won the prestigious award, recalling that the first was in 2012.
According to the statement, four country subsidiaries of UBA Group in Sierra Leone, Gabon, Senegal and Cote D’Ivoire also won “Bank of the Year” for their respective countries, reflecting a brand excellence that cuts across national boundaries and pervades the continent. “UBA Senegal won the award for the third consecutive year, having won in 2012 and 2013”, the statement added.
The statement quotes Phillips Oduoza, the bank’s Group Managing Director/CEO as saying that “winning this award twice in three years is a recognition of our commitment to delivering excellence and our consistent achievement of that goal.
“We remain focused on the realisation of our strategic intent of becoming ‘Africa’s Global Bank’ and continue to explore opportunities in markets and sectors across the continent that will enable us achieve this intent,” Oduoza said.
A publication of the Financial Times newspaper, The Banker is a global financial intelligence magazine that provides global bank ratings and analyses and is the definitive reference on international banking for high level decision makers globally.
The magazine explains that the aim of the award ceremony “is to highlight industry-wide excellence within the global banking community”, adding that one winning bank is selected from participating banks in each of the 120 countries from which entries are received for the competition.
Associate publisher of the magazine, Philip Church, stressed that UBA’s performance at the awards was a testimony to the trust the bank’s clients have placed in it and its operations over the year. “Being named as Bank of the Year in your own country by the world’s longest running international banking title is a testament to the strong management, sound business model and prudent risk approach of your bank”, Church said.
Only last September, UBA won ‘Best Transaction Bank from Africa’. The award which focuses on transaction banking does not only recognise banks that have made improvements to their investments in technology, but more importantly, how these improvements are of real use to the bank’s customers, noted Jane Cooper, Transaction Banking Editor at The Banker.
Source: Business Day
