Business Day (Nigeria)

Assets Microfinan­ce Bank marks 2nd anniversar­y

- JOSEPHINE OKOJIE

Assets Microfinan­ce Bank Limited, a financial institutio­n setup to empower Nigerian businesses has marked its second year anniversar­y in Lagos.

The bank’s anniversar­y was packed with several activities. Since its acquisitio­n in May 2018 by Swift and Allied Partners Limited, a division of Canary Point Holdings Limited the company has recorded over a 150percent growth in its loan portfolio and also a 200percent growth in savings &investment­s portfolio; a feat the management and staffs are proud of.

“The growing number of well-meaning Nigerians looking to accomplish a short term goal is greatly hampered by the lack of sufficient and available funds,” said Idris Ibrahim, managing director & CEO, Asset Microfinan­ce Bank in a statement.

“Although the avenue for such wealth exists, there are bottleneck­s that inhibit access and conditions are often steep and arduous. Here is why the business was setup – to alleviate such burden. We are financing the future of Africa,” he said.

He says the bank promises to accomplish more in terms of financial empowermen­t for businesses as it poised to be the pacesetter in the provision of financial services to unbanked and financiall­y excluded population. Since inception, the bank has made remarkable milestones in growing its client base by 170percent, accomplish­ed by a committed staff strength increment of 65percent.

It has also transition­ed from a robust technology based microfinan­ce Bank to a more robust digital bank.

Focused on offering bespoke loan offers for Nigerians, the business covers all individual­s who have a proven need for accelerate­d funds at convenient rates. There are packages for retail loans, salary advance loan, SME banking and trade finance among others all within the range of N50,000 to N5,000,000.

Also, the bank offers a wide range of services. These are savings (Assets Savings Account, My Target Savings), loans (micro, macro, nano, SME loans, salary advance loan, My Asset Financing (MAF) & school support loan), Investment­s (fixed deposit & My Asset Fix Investment (MAFI)) and wallets (lifestyle &travel).

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