12 | The Lion King
I
t was a memorable evening for UBA at ‘The Banker Awards’
ceremony held in London on November 28, 2012 when it
carted home the regional award for the continent, emerg-
ing
Bank of the Year-Africa
, joining the ranks of other regional
winners like Scotiabank-Global Americas, Nordea - Western
Europe, Raiffeisen Bank International - Central and Eastern
Europe, DBS- Asia\Pacific and Qatar National Bank - Middle
East.
The Banker Awards is an annual awards ceremony organ-
ised by The Banker Magazine, a publication of Financial
Times. The “Bank of the Year” is selected based on the overall
performance of the financial institution and the opinion of
leading financial analysts from the world’s financial markets.
Winners were recognized and presented with awards in the
presence of over 450 leading bankers across the globe.
In a show of dominance, UBA also won the country awards
for Senegal and Cameroon, bringing to a total of three, the
UBA caps an excellent year on a
resounding note,
wins ‘Bank of the
Year - Africa’ Award
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