Zenith {Bank} wins Greatest {Bank} In Nigeria within the International Finance Greatest Banks Awards 2025
Zenith {Bank} Plc has been named “Greatest {Bank} in Nigeria” within the International Finance Greatest Banks Awards 2025, profitable the award for the fifth time in six years.
The {Bank} was among the many winners from 36 international locations in Africa recognised by the distinguished International Finance in its thirty second Annual Greatest {Bank} Awards.
The winners of this yr’s awards are these banks that attended rigorously to their clients’ wants in tough markets and completed sturdy outcomes whereas laying the foundations for future success.
Profitable organizations managed their property and liabilities in a savvy approach regardless of the fast-changing rate of interest situations.
The editors of International Finance made the picks after in depth consultations with company {financial} executives, bankers and banking consultants, in addition to analysts worldwide. Elements thought-about in choosing the highest banks ranged from the quantitative goal to the knowledgeable subjective. Goal standards thought-about included: progress in property, profitability, geographic attain, strategic relationships, new enterprise growth and innovation in merchandise. Subjective standards included the opinions of fairness analysts, credit standing analysts, banking consultants and others concerned within the business.
Commenting on the award, the Group Managing Director/Chief Govt of Zenith {Bank}, Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji, OON, stated: “We’re thrilled to retain our place because the Greatest {Bank} in Nigeria for the fifth yr since 2020. This achievement is a testomony to our unwavering dedication to delivering distinctive customer support, modern {financial} options, and dedication to serving our clients with effectivity and a powerful give attention to company governance. We are going to proceed to put money into our individuals, expertise and processes to make sure that we constantly preserve the very best stage of service supply”.
She lauded the contributions and efforts of the {Bank}’s key stakeholders – the Founder and Chairman, Jim Ovia, CFR, for his visionary management and function in laying the muse for an everlasting and profitable establishment, the Board for the constant steerage they supply, the workers for his or her dedication and dedication, and the {Bank}’s clients for his or her unwavering loyalty and help to the Zenith model.
Joseph D. Giarraputo, writer and editorial director of International Finance, stated: “International banking continues to adapt and evolve, assembly challenges and capitalizing on alternatives with resilience and innovation. AI has shortly taken a pivotal function within the transformation of banking, and its progress guarantees to reshape the {financial} sector at an unprecedented tempo.” He added that: “International Finance’s Greatest {Bank} Awards honor {financial} establishments that excel in variety of choices, long-term stability, and technological innovation.”
International Finance’s “Greatest Banks Awards” are recognised amongst the world’s most influential banking/finance and company professionals as essentially the most coveted and credible awards within the banking business, with winners chosen in 150 international locations and territories throughout Africa, Asia Pacific, the Caribbean, Central America, Central & Jap Europe, Latin America, the Center East, North America and Western Europe.
Based in 1987, International Finance frequently selects the highest performers amongst banks and different {financial} companies suppliers, and the awards have develop into a trusted normal of excellence for the worldwide {financial} group.
Zenith {Bank}’s monitor file of wonderful efficiency has continued to earn the model quite a few awards, together with being recognised because the Quantity One {Bank} in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital for the fifteenth consecutive yr within the 2024 High 1000 World Banks Rating, revealed by The Banker Journal. The {Bank} was additionally awarded {Bank} of the Yr (Nigeria) in The Banker’s {Bank} of the Yr Awards for 2020, 2022 and 2024; Greatest {Bank} in Nigeria from 2020 to 2022 and in 2024, within the International Finance World’s Greatest Banks Awards; Greatest {Bank} for Digital Options in Nigeria within the Euromoney Awards 2023; and was listed within the World Finance High 100 International Firms in 2023.
Additional recognitions embody Greatest Industrial {Bank}, Nigeria, for 4 consecutive years from 2021 to 2024 within the World Finance Banking Awards, and Most Sustainable {Bank}, Nigeria, within the Worldwide Banker 2023 and 2024 Banking Awards.
Moreover, Zenith {Bank} has been acknowledged because the Greatest Company Governance {Bank}, Nigeria, within the World Finance Company Governance Awards for 2022, 2023, and 2024, and ‘Greatest in Company Governance’ {Financial} Providers’ Africa for 4 consecutive years from 2020 to 2023 by the Moral Boardroom.
The {Bank}’s dedication to excellence noticed it being named the Most Worthwhile Banking Model in Nigeria within the Banker Journal High 500 Banking Manufacturers for 2020 and 2021, {Bank} of the Yr 2023 and 2024 on the BusinessDay Banks and Different {Financial} Establishments (BAFI) Awards, and Retail {Bank} of the Yr for 3 consecutive years from 2020 to 2022 and in 2024 on the BAFI Awards. The {Bank} additionally acquired the accolades of Greatest Industrial {Bank}, Nigeria, and Greatest Innovation in Retail Banking, Nigeria, within the Worldwide Banker 2022 Banking Awards.
Zenith {Bank} was additionally named Most Accountable Organisation in Africa, Greatest Firm in Transparency and Reporting and Greatest Firm in Gender Equality and Girls Empowerment on the SERAS CSR Awards Africa 2024; {Bank} of the Yr 2024 by ThisDay Newspaper; {Bank} of the Yr 2024 by New Telegraph Newspaper; and Greatest in MSME Commerce Finance, 2023 by Nairametrics. The {Bank}’s Hybrid Supply was additionally adjudged ‘Rights Subject/ Public Supply of the Yr’ on the Nairametrics Capital Market Alternative Awards 2025.
