Business Day (Nigeria)

Keystone Bank trains entreprene­urs on digital banking

- Stories by HOPE MOSES-ASHIKE

Keystone Bank Limited has reaffirmed its commitment to providing support for the real sector as it recently partnered Facebook via its partners, Rabbington Media, to organize a capacity building training on digital marketing for its Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise­s (MSME) customers in Lagos State.

According to the lender, the training on “Social Media Marketing” held two days, was part of the Bank’s Corporate Social Responsibi­lity (CSR) initiative­s under the scheme “BoostYour-business”.

At the event, participan­ts (comprising of both

net marketing through the social media to grow their businesses and achieve their dreams. agement of Keystone Bank Limited, Helen Nwelle, said the bank is providing businesses and organizati­ons the opportunit­y to expand their customer reach by projecting their message on global platforms like Facebook thereby promoting exposure.

“We are committed to ensuring that our self-employed customers thrive at their various businesses hence we constantly seek ways and means to connect them to the market and ensure they succeed in reaching their customers. Giving them a social media presence will aid their appeal to the emerging middleclas­s customers in Nigeria who will most likely form a larger percentage of their customer base in the near future and are majorly upwardly mobile youths who connect daily on these platforms at a reassuring rate.

“The capacity building trainings are available to all Keystone Bank customers who seek a competitiv­e edge to transform their businesses and will be coming to other parts of the country with trainings slated to take place in Edo, Port Harcourt and Enugu within this quarter and in the northern parts of the country from the third quarter,” Nwele explained.

She further stressed that the bank recently relaunched her MSME drive to ensure businesses are well equipped with required knowledge and skills for their growth and survival in the heavily underfunde­d sector.

Keystone Bank is a technology and service-driven commercial bank offering convenient and reliable solutions to its customers.

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existing and prospectiv­e customers of Keystone Bank) were trained on the advantages of inter Abubakar Danlami Sule, acting managing director represente­d by the head, MSME/VALUE Chain man

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