Moniepoint’s contributions to Nigeria’s financial services sector have been acknowledged and celebrated with three prestigious accolades at this year’s edition of the prestigious Marketing Edge Awards and the inaugural MSME Finance Awards in Lagos.
At the Edge Awards which also marked the 21st anniversary of Marketing Edge, Nigeria’s brand-focused marketing and advertising publication, Group CEO, Moniepoint Inc., Tosin Eniolorunda received the “Outstanding Fintech Personality of the Year” award. Moniepoint Microfinance Bank was named the “Outstanding Digital Bank of the Year” while also winning the award as Best MSME Financial Inclusion (Microfinance Bank) at the MSME Finance Awards 2024 underscoring the bank’s remarkable dedication to promoting financial inclusion and providing peerless services to its customers.
The yearly MSME Finance Awards, organised by the Economic Forum Series and Nairametrics, celebrates innovation and impact in the financial sector. Moniepoint’s recognition as the Best MSME Financial Inclusion organisation across the country stems from its innovative financial technology solutions tailored for MSMEs, thus solidifying its position as the definitive bank for businesses in Nigeria and their customers.
According to the organisers, the decision for Moniepoint’s award was also based on Moniepoint’s strategic partnership initiatives which include its partnership with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to digitize and formalize over two million MSMEs across the country thus enabling them access to financing for their businesses as well as the partnership with the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment (FMITI) and SMEDAN in launching Nigeria’s Informal Economy Report 2024.
In the rationale and methodology for the Edge awards received by Tosin Eniolorunda and Moniepoint as Outstanding Fintech Personality and Outstanding Digital Bank of the Year respectively, the Publisher/ CEO of Marketing Edge Magazine, John Ajayi, noted that the selection was done with the collaboration and support of Kantar, one the world’s leading marketing data and analytics business with a presence in over ninety markets while adding that the awards win are a clear reflection and celebration of the sterling performance of Moniepoint and its leadership with an accompanying positive impact on the Nigerian financial landscape over the last one year.
Reacting to the wins, Eniolorunda remarked that the awards were a solid testament to the gritty and stellar work done by everyone in the Moniepoint ecosystem. He added that the awards further show off the institution’s unwavering commitment to making Nigeria’s financial services sector work for everyone and that by leveraging technology and innovative solutions to provide its services with lightning speed and security, Moniepoint will continue to bridge the gap while powering the dreams of businesses across the country.
