Zenith Bank Plc has retained its position as the number one bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 capital in the 2021 Top 1,000 World Banks ranking published by the Banker Magazine.
The ranking, which was published in the July 2021 edition of The Banker Magazine of the Financial Times Group, United Kingdom, was based on the 2020 year-end Tier-1 capital of banks globally.
Speaking on the ranking, the bank in a statement by the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive, Ebenezer Onyeagwu, said the ranking is a demonstration of “our resilience and doggedness as an institution given the very challenging macroeconomic environment brought about by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which had a significant deleterious impact on businesses globally.
He also thank the bank’s numerous customers for making Zenith their bank of choice.
The award is the latest amongst several awards and recognitions that the bank has received in recent times for its track record of excellent performance and commitment to global best practices.
Zenith Bank was voted as Bank of the Year (Nigeria) in the Bankers’ Bank of the Year Awards 2020, Best Bank in Nigeria in the Global Finance World’s Best Banks Awards 2020 and 2021, and Best Corporate Governance ‘Financial Services’ Africa 2020 and 2021 by the Ethical Boardroom.
The bank was also recognized as bank of the decade (People’s Choice) at the ThisDay Awards 2020, retail bank of the year at the 2020 BusinessDay banks and other financial institutions (BOFI) awards.
