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- 8 Sept 2019
EcobankPay, Xpresspoint Agents Leveraging Technology to Expand Financial Inclusion - Akinwuntan
Patrick Akinwuntan, managing director, Ecobank Nigeria, has disclosed that the Bank is leveraging technology to push the frontiers of financial inclusion of the unbanked and under-banked in the…
- 20 Mar 2019
Akinwuntan Praises EcobankPay as Easing Loan Access for SMEs
Patrick Akinwuntan, managing director, Ecobank Nigeria, has stated that SMEs who embrace the EcobankPay app stand a good chance of easily accessing business loans from the bank. Akinwuntan made this…
- 21 Mar 2021
NQR Payment Solution’ll Encourage Contactless Payments – Ecobank MD
Patrick Akinwuntan, managing director, Ecobank Nigeria, has said that the introduction of the Nigeria Quick Response (NQR), code payment solution by the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS),…
- 30 Oct 2018
Ecobank Nigeria Launches Rapid Transfer Mobile Remittance App
Ecobank has unveiled a dedicated mobile remittance app Rapidtransfer. The Rapidtransfer app was launched by the Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Akinwuntan at a commemorative dinner to…
- 29 Nov 2018
Ecobank Upgrades Core Banking Application, Apologizes for Disruptions
Mr. Patrick Akinwuntan, managing director of Ecobank Nigeria, has announced that the bank has upgraded its core banking application being part of the bank’s commitment to ensuring customers receive…
- 5 Sept 2018
New Ecobank Nigeria Managing Director Promises Customer-Centricity Policies
Patrick Akin Akinwuntan, Managing Director and Regional Executive of Ecobank Nigeria, has promised to focus on customer-friendly policies as he starts his new role yesterday. The vastly experienced…
- 17 Mar 2019
Akinwuntan says Ecobank Omni-Lite is Designed to Empower Businesses
Patrick Akinwuntan, managing director of Ecobank Nigeria, has reaffirmed that the bank’s recently upgraded online banking platform for businesses, Omni Lite, is versatile, secure and user friendly.…
- 19 Jul 2018
Ecobank Nigeria Gets New Managing Director
Ecobank Nigeria has announced the appointment of Mr Patrick Akinwuntan as the Managing Director designate of the bank. The bank in a statement, said through its Corporate Affairs Department in Lagos,…
- 4 Nov 2020
Ecobank Urges More Collaboration Among Fintech, Banks and Telcos
Patrick Akinwuntan, Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, has called for a robust collaboration between Fintech, banks, and telecommunications companies to spur markets in health, agriculture,…
- 12 Feb 2019
Ecobank Launches EcobankPay Zone @ Alaba Int. Market
Patrick Akinwuntan, managing director, Ecobank Nigeria, has launched EcobankPay zone at Alaba International Market, Lagos, and expressed the bank’s commitment to continue innovating more payment and…
- 1 Nov 2020
Ecobank Restates Commitment to AfCFTA
Patrick Akinwuntan, Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, has said the bank is prepared to partner with other organizations to explore the opportunities available in the African Continental Free Trade…
- 4 Jan 2022
Ecobank, ICA to Improve Credit Practice in Nigeria
Patrick Akinwuntan, the Managing Director of Ecobank Nigeria, has said the bank will partner with the Institute of Credit Administration to create a reliable and enhanced credit practice in the…
- 11 Jun 2021
Ecobank Nigeria Pledges More Support, Collaboration with Bankers Institute
Patrick Akinwuntan, the managing director, Ecobank Nigeria has pledged more support and collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN), the umbrella body of all bank workers…
- 28 Jan 2021
Ecobank Nigeria Earmarks N50Bn To Boost MSME’s
Patrick Akinwuntan, the managing director, Ecobank Nigeria, has said the bank’s newly sourced N50 billion credit will be deployed to support Micro, Small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs) and…
- 27 May 2020
Ecobank Nigeria Charges Parents on Remote Learning
Patrick Akinwuntan, Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, has called on parents to ensure their children study online and stay on top of their education despite the current closure of schools…
- 4 Apr 2019
Ecobank Extends EcobankPay Zone to South East Market
Ecobank Nigeria has extended its digital product, EcobankPay Zone to the South East market with a launch at the popular Ariaria Market, Aba. Patrick Akinwuntan, Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria,…
- 21 Jan 2019
Ecobank Nigeria Plans to Establish 50,000 Xpress Points in 2019
Ecobank Nigeria, has disclosed plans to bring banking operations closer to Nigerian neighbourhoods by expanding its agent banking locations to 50,000 before the end of 2019. Mr. Patrick Akinwuntan,…
- 6 Dec 2021
Ecobank Appoints Lawal Managing Director of Nigeria Subsidiary
The Ecobank Group has announced the appointment of Jubril Mobolaji Lawal as its Regional Executive and Managing Director designate of Ecobank Nigeria. The appointment was announced ahead of the…
- 18 Jul 2021
Ecobank Offers Zero Fees for Transactions on Rapidtransfer
In commemoration of this year’s National Diaspora Day event, Ecobank Nigeria is joining the rest of the country to celebrate Nigerians in the diaspora by making transactions on its proprietary money…
- 6 Oct 2019
Ecobank Calls for Joint Effort to Tackle Cyber Crime
Ecobank Nigeria Limited has advocated continuous collaboration by all stakeholders in the fight against cyber crimes in the country. In his welcome address at the second general meeting of the…
- 7 Mar 2021
Ecobank Sets to Pay Customers N5 for Every Dollar Received
Ecobank is implementing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s scheme which offers N5 for every Dollar received into domiciliary accounts or as cash over the counter. Korede Demola-Adeniyi; Head,…
- 16 Sept 2019
EcobankPay Transactions Value Hits N2Bn
Ecobank Nigeria says over 100,000 merchants have been on-boarded on the EcobankPay platform with transaction value reaching N2 billion. EcobankPay offers customers a multi-channel payment…
- 10 Jan 2020
Ecobank Opens up Financing Scheme, to Host Biggest Agric-Business, Food Summit
Ecobank Nigeria has announced an Agriculture Businesses Finance Scheme where it plans to disburse additional loan of N70 Billion for practitioners in different value chains of Agriculture within the…
- 6 Jan 2020
Ecobank Extols Financial Inclusion Drive, Adopts Reduced Bank Charges
Ecobank Nigeria has complied with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent directive on the reduction of bank charges. The bank commended the CBN for taking bold steps to further strengthen the financial…
- 9 Jan 2020
Ecobank Opens up N70Bn Agricultural Financing Scheme
Ecobank Nigeria has announced an Agriculture Businesses Finance Scheme where it plans to disburse additional loan of N70 billion for practitioners in different value chains of Agriculture within the…
- 16 Nov 2012
Western Union, Ecobank Join Hands for Internet ABMT services
Western Union, a global leader in payment services, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (Ecobank), a leading financial services group in sub-Saharan Africa, today announced the launch of …
- 25 Mar 2020
COVID-19: Ecobank Launches “StaySafeNigeria” Media Campaign
Ecobank Nigeria has launched a ‘StaySafeNigeria’ media campaign being part of its corporate actions to support measures to check the rising spread of Coronavirus in Nigeria. The integrated media…
- 29 Mar 2020
Ecobank Commits N100M to National Radio Campaign ‘StaySafeNigeria’
Ecobank Nigeria says it is committing about a hundred million naira to drive its National Radio Campaign “StaySafeNigeria”, being part of its corporate actions to support measures to check the rising…
- 2 Oct 2020
Pantami, Sanwo-Olu, Abdullahi, Ndukwe, Other Dignitaries Grace Tech Experience Centre Launch
It was an impressive gathering of dignitaries at the imposing Yudala Heights on Idowu Martins, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday, October 1 st , 2020 as the Tech Experience Centre, a mega technology…
- 21 Oct 2020
Ecobank Applauded Over Its Innovative Digital Technology
Experts and industry stakeholders at the Ecobank forum have applauded the banks huge investment in innovative digital technology. With proper engagement, transparent exchange rate and a pan African…