UBA wins awards in Ghana

UBA Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of United Bank for Africa Plc, has emerged as topmost player in the Ghanaian banking industry. The bank was adjudged ‘Best Bank in Short term Loan Financing’ even as it scooped several awards at the recently held Banking Awards in Ghana.

In all, UBA Ghana hauled a total of seven awards, which incidentally happened to be the second highest number of awards won on the night to further manifest its enviable credentials among its peers in the industry.

Specifically, UBA won awards in the following categories: Winner – Best Bank in Short Term Loan Financing; First Runner – Up Best Bank in Corporate Banking; First Runner – Up Best Bank in Trade Finance; First Runner – Up Best Bank in I.T. / Electronic Banking; First Runner – Up Best Growing Bank; Second Runner – Up Best Bank Medium Term Financing; Second Runner – Up Best Bank in Long Term Financing

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, UBA Ghana, Oliver Alawuba, described the bank’s large haul of awards “as another clear indication of how far the bank has come in terms of providing our cherished customers with the right mix of products and services to satisfy their ever increasing needs.”

Alawuba dedicated the awards to the bank’s customers for their belief and unflinching support to UBA Ghana and to Staff for their invaluable contributions. He implored every member of the UBA family to be proud of these awards and the many successes the bank has achieved in the recent past.

UBA Ghana recently pioneered branchless banking in the country following the launch of a cardless Automated Teller Machine (ATM) withdrawal service that allows third party withdrawals from its ATMs without the use of cards. Apart from the cardless ATM withdrawal, other value-added services enable customers of the Bank to pay their bills (utility), DSTV subscription fees and also purchase mobile recharge units on their phone or for third parties.

“These newly-added services which are powered on the e-Transact platform are aimed at creating a branchless banking which we perceive as the future of banking in Ghana. We see branchless banking as the future of banking in Ghana, which therefore means that we must empower customers by providing them several options to access financial services,” Alawuba noted at the unveiling ceremony.

UBA (Ghana) Limited is a subsidiary of the United Bank for Africa Plc, which is one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, with assets in excess of $20 billion and offers services to more than 7.5 million customers.