| 词条 | United Bank for Africa |
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| name = United Bank for Africa | logo = | type = Public: NSE:UBA | foundation = 1949 | location = UBA House, 57 Marina, P.O. Box 2406, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria | areas_served = Worldwide | key_people = Tony Elumelu (C.O.N)[1] Group ChairmanKennedy Uzoka[2] Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer | industry = Financial Services, Banking, Investment Services | products = Internet banking Mobile banking Wholesale Banking Corporate banking Investment Banking Consumer Banking Money Transfer Debit Cards Collections Treasury Trade Savings Accounts Current Accounts Domiciliary Accounts Non-Resident African Banking | homepage = Website }}United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is a leading pan-African financial services group headquartered in Nigeria. It is one of Africa's best and most resilient banking Groups with operations in 20 African countries and offices in three global financial centers: London, Paris and New York.[3] OverviewUnited Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc is one of Africa’s largest financial institutions with operations in 20 African countries and 3 global financial centers: New York, London and Paris. UBA has more than fourteen million customers and over 1,000 business offices and customer touch points globally. HistoryUBA has been operating in Africa since 1949, referred to then as the British and French Bank Limited (BFB).[4] It took over the assets and liabilities of BFB and was incorporated as a limited liability company on 23 February 1961 under the Compliance Ordinance (Cap 37) 1922. In 2005, it completed one of the biggest mergers in the history of Nigeria’s capital markets with the business combination with Standard Trust Bank (STB) Plc. From then, it continued to expand to Ghana, Benin Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Chad, Cameroon, Kenya, Gabon, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra-Leone, Mozambique, Senegal, Congo DR, Congo Brazzaville and Mali. Followed by its pioneer Initial Public Offer in the Nigerian banking industry in 1970, UBA got listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, where it is publicly traded under the symbol "UBA" and it is the first Nigerian-headquartered bank to launch Global Depository Receipts, which are unlisted. In 2006, the bank pioneered the interconnection of its then 428 African branches making it the largest online real time branch network in Africa. Africans are able to withdraw or deposit money in any of these branches regardless of where their accounts are domiciled.[3] Since then, the bank has remained in the forefront of technology innovation in the African banking space, launching the first artificial intelligence Virtual Banking Robot in the African market early 2018. Offshore subsidiaries
LandmarksUBA Firsts1. UBA was the first among international banks to be registered under Nigerian Law in 1961.[9] 2. UBA is the only Sub-Saharan African bank, with a deposit taking license in the United States. 3. UBA is the only Nigerian-headquartered bank with full African footprint across all the sub-regions in Africa. 4. UBA is the first Nigerian-headquartered bank to offer an IPO following its listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 1970.[10] 5. UBA is the first Nigerian Bank to introduce a Cheque Guarantee Scheme – the first cheque guarantee card in the history of innovative banking services by any Bank in Nigeria, known as UBACARD in 1986.[11] 6. First Nigerian-headquartered bank to hit the NGN1 trillion balance sheet size (including contingents).[13] 7. UBA is the first Nigerian bank to embark on a GDR programme in 1990.[14] 8. UBA is the First bank in Nigeria to institute a foundation – UBA Foundation; the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the UBA Group.[15] 9. UBA Introduced First Visa Dual Currency Debit Card in Nigeria. 10. UBA and MoneyGram open first dedicated MoneyGram location in Nigeria.[16] 11. Successful underwriting of the first 100 percent local funding of an ExxonMobil/NNPC Joint Venture Project. 12. UBA launches Nigeria's First Cash Deposit ATMs 13. UBA is the first Pan-African bank to launch an AI-led Virtual Banking Robot References1. ^UBA Appoints New Chairman {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903102115/http://www.dailytimes.com.ng/article/uba-appoints-elumelu-chairman |date=September 3, 2014 }} 2. ^[https://www.ubagroup.com/mc/newsandevents/newstopic?id=20160518035636643jz2wey8xcj UBA GROUP APPOINTS KENNEDY UZOKA AS GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504010605/https://www.ubagroup.com/mc/newsandevents/newstopic?id=20160518035636643jz2wey8xcj |date=May 4, 2018 }} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.ubagroup.com/mc/newsandevents/newstopic?id=2017051809533241483me2p8nxx|title=UBA PLC: Leading the African Banking Renaissance -|website=www.ubagroup.com|access-date=2018-05-03}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/12/15/bank-of-the-year/|title=Bank of the Year - THISDAYLIVE|date=2017-12-15|work=THISDAYLIVE|access-date=2018-05-03|language=en-US}} External links{{Portal|Banks}}
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