UBA Named Best Digital Banking Institution in Africa

Pan-African financial services group United Bank for Africa has just completed its growing list of enviable laurels. The best bank of Africa in the Digital category at the prestigious Euromoney Awards in London, said the publication.

This reinforces the dominance of UBA in the digital banking sector. The Euromoney Awards Ceremony, which took place on Wednesday 11 July, covers more than 20 global product categories, the best awards and the best banks in more than 100 countries, recognizing the institutions that have demonstrated leadership, innovation and momentum. In choosing its recipients, Euromoney's principle is based on both quantitative and qualitative data to honor the institutions that have brought the highest levels of service, innovation and expertise to their clients.

awards ceremony, UBA beat other nominees, winning the award for the best digital banking institution in Africa, an affirmation of its recent investment in advanced technology, one of which gave birth to Leo, the banker who disrupted banking activities in Africa.

In order to be the undisputed leader of the financial services industry in Africa in the field of innovation and technology, UBA has gradually included new and emerging trends to its range of solutions in branch offices, subsidiaries and digital platforms. The emergence of Leo has been a permanent guideline to push the banking sector beyond financial services and to show that the bank really understands the change in global operations and global movement with technology today. .

The Euromoney Award, which is a recognition of innovative products and services recently introduced by the bank and aimed at meeting the needs of customers comes to add to the recent awards awarded to UBA, including Finnacle Client Innovation Awards and Best Bank Awards won by five of its subsidiaries in Africa by The Bankers Magazine. UBA was also declared the best bank in Africa in 2017.

Receiving the award at a busy event in London, UBA Group Managing Director and CEO, Kennedy Uzoka, appreciated the organizers for the recognition, Noting that UBA's dedication to hard work and the special emphasis placed on the provision of quality services to customers are recognized.

According to Uzoka, the award confirms the Bank's strong leadership and unwavering commitment to service excellence.

that our commitment to continue to deploy innovative solutions that put customers first, using state-of-the-art technology for their collective satisfaction and excellent banking experience, is important to us. This recognition will further motivate us to meet the needs of our customers with unparalleled services. "

Uzoka said:" For us at UBA, the award is a success, considering Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook and President Emmanuel Macron of "The recent launch of Leo in 15 African countries is evidence that UBA has in his agenda, the goal of digital creativity especially in the countries of South Africa. "

Service for our trusted base on the African continent. This award reminds us that our institution must not yield to the pursuit of excellence and continue to lead the new digital age in Africa, in the financial services sector.

Clive Horwood, Editor-in-Chief of Euromoney magazine, explains:, a bank was singled out last year by the inventiveness of its efforts in digital banking: United Bank for Africa. One of his signature launches in Nigeria was Leo, an e-cat service using artificial intelligence to help customers execute transactions on Facebook. "

" Mark Zuckerberg recently winked at a developer conference – a sign of recognition at the highest levels of digital technology. The bank also recently added retina recognition and fingerprinting and technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to business trips. If it fulfills its ambitious partnership projects with financial technology companies, UBA could continue to lead African banks in the field of digitization. "Horwood noted

Zuckerberg acknowledged Leo service at Facebook's F8 developer conference in May 2018.

UBA is one of the leading African banks with operations in 20 African countries and London and New York: Decided to be at the forefront of innovation and convenient banking, UBA is one of the continent's leading financial services institutions to roll out Finacle 10x, a new technology platform for Information that strengthens its services and its electronic banking channels.

UBA provides banking services to more than 15 million customers worldwide, through various channels and over a thousand touch points.