GTBANK TOPS BANKING STOCKS ON THE NSE, CLOSES AT N38.20 PER SHARE

LAGOS, Nigeria – Guarantee Trust Bank, Nigeria’s foremost Financial Institution has nudged up 53 percent to close N38.20 Kobo at the close of business at the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Tuesday. Shares of the bank finished third on the chart of top five ganners. As at the close of business, traders struck a total of 3, 394 deals, while volume of trade was 339,681,118.00 valued at N5,503,049,692.71.

Guaranty Trust Bank plc operates in Anglophone and Francophone West Africa, East Africa and Europe and presently has an Asset Base of over N3.75 trillion. It employs over 10,000 professionals in Nigeria, Cote D’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and the United Kingdom.
 

Gtbank was established in 1990, on a foundation of excellence, professionalism and best practices. It’s consistent delivery of innovative financial solutions and exceptional customer experiences has enabled it to record year on year growth in clientele base and key financial indices since inception.

The Bank’s operation style, staff conduct and service delivery models are built on 8 core principles; Simplicity, Professionalism, Service, Friendliness, Excellence, Trustworthiness, Social Responsibility and Innovation. These Principles are known as The Orange Rules which reflects the Bank’s vibrant Orange corporate colour. 

“At GTBank we believe that of far greater importance to us, beyond providing first class service, is the role we play in developing our host communities. Hence, Social Responsibility forms a critical part of the GTBank business model and a significant share of our annual profit is channelled to strategic high impact projects that improve Education, Community Development, the Art and Environment”, the bank said online.

Over the years, it has won accolades in excellent service delivery, innovation, corporate social responsibility and good corporate governance. In 2016, GTBank received several national and international awards for product and service innovation and sound corporate governance practices, such as: The Best Banking Group by World Finance Magazine, The Most Innovative African Bank by The African Banker Magazine, and The Best Bank in Nigeria and Best Digital Bank in Africa by Euromoney Magazine.

The Bank was also recognised as the 2016 Most Innovative Ai SRI 30 Company at the African Investor Awards and dominated the E-payment space by taking home six awards at the Electronic Payment Incentive Scheme (EPIS) awards organised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in conjunction with the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS) for the 2016 calendar year.