As Western lenders retreat, African banks see an opportunity

ADE AYEYEMI’S office in Lomé, the capital of Togo, is a good place to think about crossing borders. Ghana is ten minutes’ drive away. From his window the boss of Ecobank can watch trucks rumble along the seafront, some bound for Burkina Faso, a day’s journey, or Mali, perhaps another day on. At night, cargo […]

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UBA’s chat personality ‘LEO’ launched in Cameroon, Zambia

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc’s chat banking personality, Leo, has been launched in Cameroon, Zambia, Cote D’Ivoire, Senegal and Congo. Already Leo which has been very active in Nigeria, has brought ease to the customers, as it has aided them with numerous transactions since the beginning of the year when it was officially launched […]

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Emefiele in unannounced visits to First Bank, UBA, Zenith, inspects dollar sales

Mr Godwin Emefiele, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Monday paid an unannounced visit to First Bank, UBA and Zenith banks offices in Abuja to inspect sales of foreign currencies to customers. He said that the visit was to ascertain banks compliance with the new directive by the CBN to sell foreign currencies to […]

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UBA Foundation reading through Africa: Launches ‘Read Africa’ initiative in Gabon, Mozambique

As part of its mission to improve the lives of the communities in which the United Bank for Africa operates, UBA Foundation continues to encourage African youths to adopt the culture of reading through its ‘Read Africa’ initiative. Read Africa aims to rekindle the reading culture amongst young Africans. Designed and introduced in 2011 by […]

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UBA to reward loyal customers in ‘Refer-a-Friend’ campaign

Pan-African Financial Services Institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc will be rewarding its loyal customers who refer friends and family to the bank in its new diaspora campaign. The campaign is designed to reward customers of the bank who refer their Diaspora friends/relatives to open a UBA account. Specifically, this campaign will last for […]

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UBA innovates with another first ‘UBA Learn’ targeted at empowering students

The pan-African Financial Institution, United Bank for Africa(UBA) has introduced a unique and innovative product, called ‘UBA Learn’ targeted at helping students achieve all round academic success. The Product, an online Learning Platform for students powered by Roducate, was launched yesterday, May 17, 2018 with particular emphasis on helping students within the age range of […]

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UBA Kenya to leverage on group’s capacity to finance large ticket transactions in Kenya, says Emeke E. Iweriebor, CEO East & Southern Africa

Nairobi, Kenya – 17th May 2018: United Bank for Africa, a leading pan-African financial institution with operations in 20 African countries has assured the players in the private and public sectors in East Africa’s largest economy that its Kenyan franchise is ready and committed to finance key projects and business transactions capable of galvanising the […]

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UBA alters future of payments for SMEs with Master Pass QR Bot in partnership with MasterCard

Nigeria’s Pan African Financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) has again altered the e-payment space with the introduction of Master Pass ‘Quick Response’ (QR) Bot. The revolutionary solution enables the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria and across Africa to receive digital payments from their customers through scanning, using their Facebook account. […]

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UBA holds 2018 chairman’s forum, seeks strengthening of corporate governance across Board

Pan- African financial Institution, United Bank for Africa Plc, last thursday, ended its annual Group Chairman’s Forum, a platform for group integration, re-strategising and knowledge sharing with the overall aim of puting the bank on firm standing to actualize its goals and targets for the financial year. The theme of this year’s forum was focused […]

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UBA Group starts strong in 2018 as profits rose to ₦26.6bn in Q1

Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) has released its unaudited first quarter results, showing significant growth across major income lines. Following a sterling performance in the 2017 financial year, UBA Group delivered another impressive 18% percent year-on-year growth in gross earnings in the first three months of 2018. Leveraging on strong […]

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UBA promotes 2,000 workers across Africa

In its commitment to reward excellence and high performance, Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the promotion and elevation of about 2000 of its work force, representing about 17% of total staff strength across the group. This is in recognition of the remarkable contribution the staff members have made to […]

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UK financial authority grants UBA’s license for wholesale banking

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA PLC), has said that its London subsidiary has obtained regulatory permission to carry out Wholesale Banking activities in the UK. Following this authorization, UBA is now the only Sub-Saharan African bank to conduct banking activities in New York and London, as well as in 20 other countries […]

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