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Ecobank bags best corporate bank award

By EDITOR
20 April 2015   |   11:39 pm
Ecobank Nigeria has been named the Best Corporate Bank Nigeria 2015 by a London based Global Banking and Finance Review Online/Magazine, a reputable banking and finance performance review platform.

EcobankEcobank Nigeria has been named the Best Corporate Bank Nigeria 2015 by a London based Global Banking and Finance Review Online/Magazine, a reputable banking and finance performance review platform.

The Production Coordinator, Global Banking and Finance Review, Noel O’Leary, while presenting the award to Ecobank in London, said the choice of the lender from the various nominations was in recognition of its initiatives targeted at economic transformation of Nigeria and Africa.

According to him, Ecobank has been in the forefront of international trade financing, adding that the bank clearly stands out in various areas of expertise within banking and finance globally.

O’Leary pointed out that the awards were created to recognize companies of all sizes, which are prominent in particular areas of expertise and excellence within the financial world.

“The awards reflect the innovation, achievement, strategy, progressive and inspirational changes taking place within the global financial community,” he said. The Executive Director, Corporate Banking, Ecobank Nigeria, Folake Aboderin, said the series of international awards won by the bank in recent times underscore the contributions of the financial institution to the economic development of the blacks’ continent.

“Ecobank has become a major player in the economy. We play in all the segments of the economy – oil and gas, telecommunications; we facilitate and promote international trade across the various regions, financing importers and exporters.

As a bank, we are glad that our efforts in this direction are being recognized globally.”

She also used the opportunity to explains the various ways the bank is promoting commerce and integration with various products such as Rapid Transfer, preferential cards, among others.

Global Banking and Finance Review is an online news portal providing informative and independent current news for the banking and finance industry.

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