Financial Times Group Announces Zenith As “Bank Of The Year, Nigeria” In The 2022 Banker Awards In The United Kingdom

<h4>Financial Times Group Announces Zenith As &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Bank Of The Year&comma; Nigeria”<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as Bank of the Year in Nigeria in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2022&period; The award&comma; which was announced by The Banker Magazine&comma; Financial Times Group&comma; United Kingdom&comma; during the awards ceremony held in London on December 1&comma; 2022&comma; was in recognition of Zenith Bank&&num;8217&semi;s strong management&comma; sound business model and strategy&comma; support for small businesses and efforts to cut energy consumption&period; According to the Banker&comma; Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s Bank of the Year award was among the continent&&num;8217&semi;s most hotly contested this year&comma; befitting the country&&num;8217&semi;s status as Africa&&num;8217&semi;s largest economy&period; This is coming on the heels of the award as Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital by The Banker won by Zenith Bank earlier in the year&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Commenting on the award&comma; the Group Managing Director&sol;CEO of Zenith Bank Plc&comma; Ebenezer Onyeagwu&comma; said&colon; &&num;8220&semi;winning the Bank of the Year attests to our tenacity as an institution despite a very challenging operating environment exacerbated by persistent macroeconomic headwinds&period; Indeed&comma; being recognised by The Banker – the world’s longest running international banking title&comma; is an acknowledgement of the resilience of the Zenith brand as the leading financial institution in Nigeria and the West African sub-region&period;&&num;8221&semi; He lauded the Founder and Chairman&comma; Jim Ovia&comma; CFR&comma; for his guidiance and pioneering role in laying the foundation and building the structures for an enduring and successful institution&comma; the Board for their outstanding leadership&comma; the staff for their commitment and dedication as well as the Bank’s customers for their unflinching loyalty to the Zenith brand over the years&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Regarded as the industry standard for banking excellence&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;mail&period;yahoo&period;com&sol;">The Banker&&num;8217&semi;s Bank of the Year award<&sol;a> is contested by the world&&num;8217&semi;s leading financial institutions&comma; with winners chosen across Africa&comma; Asia-Pacific&comma; Central &amp&semi; Eastern Europe&comma; Latin America&comma; the Middle East&comma; North America and Western Europe&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Zenith Bank&&num;8217&semi;s track record of excellent performance has continued to earn it numerous awards&comma; including being recognised as Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital&comma; for the 13th consecutive year&comma; in the 2022 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking published by The Banker Magazine&semi; Best Bank in Nigeria&comma; for three consecutive years from 2020 to 2022&comma; in the Global Finance World’s Best Banks Awards&semi; Best Commercial Bank&comma; Nigeria 2021 and 2022 in the World Finance Banking Awards&semi; Best Corporate Governance Bank&comma; Nigeria in the World Finance Corporate Governance Awards 2022&semi; Best in Corporate Governance’ Financial Services’ Africa&comma; for three consecutive years from 2020 to 2022&comma; by the Ethical Boardroom&semi; Best Commercial Bank&comma; Nigeria and Best Innovation In Retail Banking&comma; Nigeria in the International Banker 2022 Banking Awards&period; Also&comma; the Bank emerged as the Most Valuable Banking Brand in Nigeria in the Banker Magazine Top 500 Banking Brands 2020 and 2021&comma; Bank of the Year &lpar;Nigeria&rpar; in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2020 and Retail Bank of the year&comma; for three consecutive years from 2020 to 2022&comma; at the BusinessDay Banks and Other Financial Institutions &lpar;BAFI&rpar; Awards&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Similarly&comma; Zenith Bank was honoured as Bank of the Decade &lpar;People’s Choice&rpar; at the ThisDay Awards 2020 and emerged winner in four categories at the Sustainability&comma; Enterprise&comma; and Responsibility &lpar;SERAS&rpar; Awards 2021&comma; carting home the awards for &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Best Company in Reporting and Transparency”&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Best Company in Infrastructure Development”&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Best Company in Gender Equality and Women Empowerment”&comma; and the coveted &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Most Responsible Organisation in Africa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;