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For The Fourth Time, Zenith Bank Emerges Nigeria’s Best Bank At The 2024 Global Finance Awards

<h4>For The Fourth Time<&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 the Best Bank in Nigeria in the Global Finance Best Banks Awards 2024&comma; winning the award for the fourth time since 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Bank was among other banks from 36 countries in Africa recognised as the prestigious Global Finance announced its 31st Annual Best Bank Awards Winners&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The editors of Global Finance made the selections after extensive consultations with corporate financial executives&comma; bankers and banking consultants&comma; and analysts worldwide&period; Factors considered in selecting the top banks ranged from the quantitative objective to the informed subjective&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Objective criteria considered included&colon; growth in assets&comma; profitability&comma; geographic reach&comma; strategic relationships&comma; new business development and innovation in products&period; Subjective criteria included the opinions of equity analysts&comma; credit rating analysts&comma; banking consultants and others involved in the industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Commenting on the award&comma; the outgoing Group Managing Director&sol;Chief Executive of Zenith Bank&comma; Dr&period; Ebenezer Onyeagwu said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This award serves as a powerful affirmation of our resilience and tenacity despite headwinds and a very challenging macroeconomic environment&period; Indeed&comma; it is a testament to our status as the leading financial institution in Nigeria&comma; dedicated unwaveringly to delivering exceptional value to our stakeholders&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He expressed profound gratitude to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">founder and chairman&comma; Jim Ovia&comma; CFR&comma;<&sol;a> for his exceptional vision and foundational role in establishing a resilient and enduring financial institution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also lauded the board for their astute insights and exemplary leadership&comma; the staff for their steadfast commitment and unwavering dedication&comma; and the customers for their staunch loyalty to the Zenith brand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Joseph D&period; Giarraputo&comma; publisher and editorial director of Global Finance&comma; said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Banking has reached another watershed moment with the debut of generative artificial intelligence&comma; which promises to rewrite the industry playbook&comma;” He added that&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In this ever-changing environment&comma; the Best Bank Awards recognize the financial institutions that offer the broadest range of services&comma; long-term reliability&comma; and technological innovation&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Global Finance’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Best Banks Awards” are recognised amongst the world’s most influential banking&sol;finance and corporate professionals as the most coveted and credible awards in the banking industry&comma; with winners chosen in 150 countries and territories across Africa&comma; AsiaPacific&comma; the Caribbean&comma; Central America&comma; Central &amp&semi; Eastern Europe&comma; Latin America&comma; the Middle East&comma; North America and Western Europe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Founded in 1987&comma; Global Finance regularly selects the top performers among banks and other financial services providers&comma; and the awards have become a trusted standard of excellence for the global financial community&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Zenith Bank’s track record of excellent performance has earned the brand numerous awards&comma; including being recognised as the Best Bank for Digital Solutions in Nigeria in the Euromoney Awards 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The bank has also been listed in the World Finance Top 100 Global Companies in 2023 and  recognised as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For the 14th consecutive year&comma; in the 2023&comma; Zenith Bank topped  1000 World Banks Ranking published by The Banker Magazine&semi; Best Commercial Bank&comma; Nigeria&comma; for three consecutive years from 2021 to 2023&comma; in the World Finance Banking Awards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The bank has also been adjudged as the  Best Corporate Governance Bank&comma; Nigeria in the World Finance Corporate Governance Awards 2022 and 2023 as well as  Bank of the Year &lpar;Nigeria&rpar; in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2020 and 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition&comma; Zenith Bank has won  Best Bank in Nigeria&comma; for three consecutive years from 2020 to 2022&comma; in the Global Finance World’s Best Banks Awards and  Best in Corporate Governance’ Financial Services’ Africa&comma; for four successive years from 2020 to 2023&comma; by the Ethical Boardroom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">It won  Most Sustainable Bank&comma; Nigeria in the International Banker 2023 Banking Awards&semi; Best Commercial Bank&comma; Nigeria and Best Innovation in Retail Banking&comma; Nigeria in the International Banker 2022 Banking Awards&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; the bank emerged as the Most Valuable Banking Brand in Nigeria in the Banker Magazine Top 500 Banking Brands 2020 and 2021&semi; Bank of the Year 2023 and Retail Bank of the Year for three consecutive years from 2020 to 2022&comma; at the BusinessDay Banks and Other Financial Institutions &lpar;BAFI&rpar; Awards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Similarly&comma; Zenith Bank was named Bank of the Decade &lpar;People’s Choice&rpar; at the ThisDay Awards 2020&comma; Bank of the Year 2021 by Champion Newspaper&comma; Bank of the Year 2022 by New Telegraph Newspaper&comma; and Most Responsible Organisation in Africa 2021 by SERAS Awards&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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