Ecobank Group Wins Awards From EMEA Finance, The Banker And Global Finance
Leading pan-African banking group, Ecobank, has won awards from EMEA Finance, The Banker and Global Finance.
- Ecobank’s awards in the EMEA Finance African Banking Awards 2020 includes the pan-African award for Financial Inclusion, and ‘Best Bank’ in Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Chad, Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea, Liberia and Mali.
- The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2020 saw Ecobank win Bank of the Year for Africa (Regional Award) and Bank of the Year for its affiliates in Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Togo.
- The award of ‘Outstanding Crisis Leadership – Finance & Business’ was awarded to Ecobank by Global Finance.
Ade Ayeyemi, Ecobank Group CEO, said: “The
Ecobank Group has long been recognised as a pioneer and we are proud to
be playing a major role in digital banking, financial inclusion,
driving economic and social development through our multi-channel
approach. These latest Awards are the result of hard work from
Ecobankers across the group as well as fruitful and sustainable
relationship with our various stakeholders and partners. They affirm the
effectiveness of our strategy and our impact on businesses and
livelihoods across sub-Saharan Africa.”
“Our one bank
model, which sees us develop our products, services and solutions
centrally, and distribute them locally, is empowering people,
businesses, corporates and the public sector across Africa with
convenient, affordable and secure 24/7 banking solutions. We are now
positioning our payments business as an enabler of trade and payments
across Africa.”
Among the group’s banking products,
services, solutions and community initiatives that swayed the respective
judges’ decisions were the Ecobank Mobile App; Xpress Accounts- Know
Your Customer (KYC)-lite account opening which drives financial
inclusion; Ecobank Pay, the digital contactless QR payment solution; the
rapid expansion of the Xpress Point agency network; digital-only Xpress
Loans. These are in addition to e-token generation cash out; newly
launched internet banking platforms, Ecobank Online, Omni Lite and Omni+
for retail, business and corporate customers respectively; the
scalability of Ecobank’s digital ecosystem and platforms; and our
Group-wide initiatives providing support to people, communities,
businesses, health authorities and governments with support and relief
during the Covid-19 pandemic.
These new Awards add to the Ecobank Group’s recent Award wins which include:
- African Banker (EMEA Finance)
- Most Innovative Bank in Africa (Global Finance)
- African Bank of the Year (African Banker)
- Africa’s Best Bank for Corporate Responsibility (Euromoney)
- Innovation in Financial Services Award (African Banker)
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