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The
2015 Award Committee will today announce the winners of the coveted
BusinessDay Annual Banking Awards. The yearly event will hold today at
the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The
BusinessDay’s Annual Banking Awards Programme which has become the
banking industry’s benchmark for outstanding performance was introduced
to celebrate Nigerian banks and their officials who diligently managed
their resources to attain a healthy balance between risks, safety and
profitability.
The
introduction of the yearly event has engendered healthy competition
among Nigerian banks as majority of them are now highly rated among
African banks. Today, winners will emerge in 16 different award
categories.
The award
categories are Bank of the Year; Bank CEO of the Year; CSR, Best Bank in
Support of Agriculture; Best Bank in support of Manufacturing; Best
Bank in Retail Banking; Best Bank in Corporate Banking; and the Most
Customer Friendly Bank. Others are Best Bank in Private Banking; Best
Bank in support of SMEs; Best Bank in IT; Mortgage and Microfinance
banks of the year.
Special
recognition will be given to a foremost and an astute banker, while the
promotion of Islamic banking practices in the country will also be
recognised.
Zenith Bank,
FCMB and Access Bank are the nominees for the Bank of the Year Award.
The group managing directors and executive officers of Access Bank, FCMB
and Zenith will vie for the Bank CEO Award, just as Special Recognition
award christened as BusinessDay Person of the Year, will go to the
Chairman of Skye Bank Plc, Olatunde Ayeni.
The nominees
for the Corporate Social Responsibility Award are Access Bank, Diamond
Bank and Fidelity Bank while the nominees for the Best Bank in support
of Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Retail banking are Zenith Bank, UBA,
First Bank, GT Bank and Sterling Bank. For the Best Bank in Corporate
Banking and the Most Customer Friendly Bank, the nominees are Stanbic
IBTC, Zenith, UBA, FCMB, Sterling and Fidelity Bank.
The banks that will vie for the Best Bank in Private Banking Award and the Best
Bank in support of SMEs are Ecobank(ETI), Skye, FCMB, Union Bank and
Diamond Bank. In addition, Sterling Bank, Diamond and UBA will compete
for the Best Bank in Information Technology(IT) just as LAPO
Microfinance Bank, FBN Microfinance Bank and NPF Microfinance Bank will
compete for the Microfinance Institution of the Year Award.
Heritage Bank and Skye Bank will compete for the Bank Deal of the Year Award.
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