{"id":29326,"date":"2012-12-04T10:17:35","date_gmt":"2012-12-04T08:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=29326"},"modified":"2012-12-04T10:17:35","modified_gmt":"2012-12-04T08:17:35","slug":"banking-in-africa-united-bank-for-africa-uba-named-african-bank-of-the-year-in-london-29326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/banking-in-africa-united-bank-for-africa-uba-named-african-bank-of-the-year-in-london-29326\/","title":{"rendered":"Banking in Africa: United Bank for Africa UBA named African Bank of the year in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29327\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29327\" style=\"width: 312px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29327\" title=\"UBA is Africa\u2019s Bank of the Year\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/UBA.jpg\" alt=\"UBA is Africa\u2019s Bank of the Year\" width=\"312\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/UBA.jpg 312w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/UBA-264x220.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UBA is Africa\u2019s Bank of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1><strong>The Banker Magazine, a subsidiary body of the Financial Times has named the United Bank for Africa UBA as Africa\u2019s Bank of the Year in an event which was held in London. Africa News<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>London\/NationalTurk-\u00a0The Bank was also named the best bank in Senegal and Cameroon, bringing the total number of awards received by United Bank of Africa to three this year.<\/p>\n<p>The United Bank for Africa is a large financial services provider in Nigeria with subsidiaries in 20 sub-Saharan African countries, with representative offices in France, the United Kingdom and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>It offers universal banking services to more than 7 million customers across 750 branches around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bank of the Year\u2019 Award is selected based on the overall performance of the financial institution and the opinion of leading financial analysts from the world\u2019s financial markets, Winners were recognized and presented with awards in the presence of over 450 leading bankers across the globe\u201d UBA said in a statement on its website.<\/p>\n<p>United Bank for Africa is notable for consolidating of the UBA\u2019s business across Africa as well as its innovative cross border payment\/remittance products and platforms, which have made trade and financial transactions easier and more convenient in the continent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinning the three highly coveted awards is a great accomplishment and it also reinforces UBA\u2019s collective steadfastness and drive to becoming the bank of choice in Africa, in line with the Bank\u2019s positioning as Africa\u2019s global bank, we dedicate it to all our stakeholders across the continent and are further encouraged to work harder\u201d, CEO of UBA Phillips Oduoza added in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Other banks from Europe, Asia and the Americans at the event include Scotiabank-Global Americas, Nordea-Western Europe, Raiffeisen Bank International -Central and Eastern Europe, DBS-Asia\\Pacific and Qatar National Bank-Middle East.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issaka Adams\/NationalTurk Africa Business News<\/strong><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! 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