The Zimbabwe Independent

POSB scoops Financial Inclusion award

- RUGARE MUBIKA Independen­t

for it grew by 1.16times representi­ng market leadership in internatio­nal payments and trade finance market spaces. e bank continues to dominate the foreign payments because of its strong foreign footprint.

e building society of the year award went to NBS due to its ability to maintain “…ambitious growth strategies, under the theme 10X Strategy, that witnessed an aggressive pursuit of business developmen­t opportunit­ies in the market as well as deliberate efforts to attain diversifie­d revenue and customer bases for the long-term sustainabi­lity of the business” said the adjudicato­rs.

e runner up is ZB Building Society anchored by its incredible performanc­e in noninteres­t income, revaluatio­n gains and translatio­n gains. Another award up for grabs was the best digital innovation award which went to ZB bank because of its “one digital ZB shop” which is the first of its kind in not only Zimbabwe but Africa as well.

“One Digital ZB Shop brings together services such as insurance, investment management and banking under one roof-all with the aim of improving service delivery as well as providing excellent customer experience”.

Nedbank became the runner up due to its ability to attract and service customers digitally, breadth of product offerings and evidence of tangible benefits gained from digital initiative­s. FBC bank won the social responsibi­lity and sustainabi­lity award with POSB as its runner up.

e overall corporate governance award was won by Stanbic bank because of its structures which exhibited high standards of corporate governance in terms of board structures, compositio­n, gender balance, youth penetratio­n and general disclosure­s.

e last award of the day was the bank CEO of the year which was won by Blessing Mudavanhu of CBZ bank.

 ?? ?? POSB representa­tive Lawrence Kupika (second right) receives the Financial Inclusion award.
POSB representa­tive Lawrence Kupika (second right) receives the Financial Inclusion award.

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