Skye Bank
Polaris Bank Limited bụ ụlọ akụ azụmaahịa dabere na Nigeria. Ọ bụ Central Bank of Nigeria, onye na-ahụ maka ụlọ akụ nke obodo ahụ nyere ya ikike.[1][2] N'October 2022, Strategic Capital Investment Limited nwetara ụlọ akụ ahụ.[1]
Nchịkọta
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Polaris Bank bụ nnukwu onye na-enye ọrụ ego na West Africa na Central Africa nwere isi ụlọ ọrụ na Nigeria. Ka ọ na-erule Septemba 2010[melite], ngụkọta akụ nke ụlọ akụ ahụ karịrị ijeri US $ 3.9 (NGN: ijeri 611.5), yana ndị nwere òkè nke ihe dịka nde US $ 630 (NGN:98.4 ijeri).
Akụkọ ihe mere eme
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ụlọ akụ ahụ malitere na 1989 mgbe etinyere Prudent Bank Plc., dị ka ụlọ ọrụ nwere oke ụgwọ. N'afọ 1990, e nyere ụlọ akụ ahụ ikike dị ka Bank Merchant. N'otu afọ ahụ, eweghachiri ya aha dị ka Prudent Merchant Bank Limited. N'afọ 2006, Prudent Merchant Bank Limited jikọtara ya na ụlọ akụ anọ ndị ọzọ wee guzobe Skye Bank Plc.:[2][3]
- Bond Bank Limited
- EIB International Bank Plc.
- Reliance Bank Limited
- Co-operative Bank Plc.
Na Mee 2021, ụlọ akụ ahụ wepụtara VULTe, ikpo okwu Digital Banking. Ụlọ akụ ahụ na-enyekwa ụlọ akụ Ịntanetị na ụlọ akụ mkpanaka.[4] N'afọ 2014, ụlọ akụ ahụ nwetara Mainstreet Bank Limited . [5]
Ihe onwunwe
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Na 21 Septemba 2018, Godwin Emefiele, Gọvanọ Central Bank of Nigeria kwupụtara na Lagos na ụlọ akụ apex akagbuola ikike ọrụ nke Skye Bank.[1][2][3] O kwukwara na ụlọ ọrụ ọhụrụ, Polaris Bank[4] ga-eweghara akụ na ụgwọ nke ụlọ akụ ahụ n'ihi enweghị ike nke ndị nwe ụlọ akụ Skye Bank iji weghachite ụlọ akụ ahụ nke ọma mgbe ntinye aka 2016 gasịrị. [6][7]
N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ afọ 2022, ndị na-elekọta ụlọ akụ Polaris gọnahụrụ akụkọ na a na-ere ụlọ akụ ahụ na Auwal Lawan Abdullah, onye ikwu Ibrahim Babangida.[8][9]
N'abalị iri abụọ n'ọnwa Ọktoba n'afọ 2022, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) na Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) kwupụtara ire pasent 100 nke ego dị na Polaris Bank na Strategic Capital Investment Limited, nke kwụrụ ụgwọ N50billion (ihe dịka US $ 115 nde). Ha kwekọrịtakwara ịkwụ N1.305 puku ijeri (ihe dịka US $ 3) na bonds nke CBN na AMCON tinyere na Polaris. N'ihi azụmahịa a, CBN na AMCON weghachiri isi obodo niile a na-etinye na Polaris kemgbe 2018.[10]
Na Jenụwarị 10, 2024, Central Bank nke Naijiria gbasara ụlọ ọrụ na njikwa nke Polaris Bank ma họpụta Kayode Lawal dị ka onye isi nchịkwa ọhụrụ.[11]
Mgbasa ozi
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Polaris Bank Limited na-enwe netwọk alaka jikọtara ọnụ nke ihe karịrị Alaka 260 n'akụkụ niile nke Naịjirịa. Ụlọ akụ ahụ na-elekọta isi ụlọ ọrụ ya na 3 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria.
Ọchịchị
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'afọ 2016, onyeisi oche nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ bụ M. K. Ahmad, bụ onye isi oche nke ndị isi ụlọ ọrụ 16. Onye isi ọrụ na onye isi njikwa otu bụ Innocent Ike, họpụtara na Septemba 2020. [12]
Mgbe Strategic Capital nwetara ya n'ọnwa Ọktoba afọ 2022, Adekunle Sonola ghọrọ onye isi ọrụ. [13]
Na Jenụwarị 10, 2024, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) gbasasịrị bọọdụ na njikwa nke Polaris Bank ma họpụta Omokayode Lawal dị ka onye isi ọrụ ọhụrụ.[14]
Onyinye
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'afọ 2023, a kpọrọ ya Best Digital Bank of the year maka oge nke atọ na BusinessDAY's Banks And Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards na Naịjirịa.[15]
E nyere ụlọ akụ ahụ Best na MSME (Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Lending) na MSME Finance Awards 2024 (nke bụ nke mbụ n'ụdị ya). [16]
Ọ meriri "Best Bank for MSMEs" na BusinessDAY's Banks And Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards na Naijiria.[17]
Hụkwa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
- Ọnọdụ akụ na ụba nke Naịjirịa
- Ndepụta ụlọ akụ na Naịjirịa
- Ndepụta ụlọ akụ dị n'Africa
Edemsidee
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ Iyatse (2022-10-21). Strategic Capital acquires 100 equity in Polaris Bank (en-US). The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved on 2022-11-01.
- ↑ Obinna (24 September 2018). A Decade after, Like Lehman Brothers, Like Skye Bank?. Retrieved on 5 November 2018.
- ↑ OMEJE (2018-09-22). Skye Bank takeover: A journey from Afribank to Polaris Bank (en-GB). The ICIR. Retrieved on 2022-09-06.
- ↑ Nigeria: Skye Bank Unveils First Mastercard Verve. Daily Champion via AllAfrica.com (27 January 2011). Retrieved on 5 November 2018.
- ↑ MainStreet Bank, Acquired by Polaris Bank Ltd. on October 31st, 2014 | Mergr. Mergr.com (31 October 2014). Retrieved on 20 August 2022.
- ↑ "CBN revokes Skye Bank's licence, Polaris Bank to take over assets - TheCable", TheCable, 2018-09-21. Retrieved on 2018-10-09. (in en-US)
- ↑ "Why CBN revoked Skye Bank licence - Vanguard News", Vanguard News, 2018-09-21. Retrieved on 2018-10-09. (in en-US)
- ↑ olufemiajasa (2022-08-05). Polaris Bank not sold, management debunks fake news (en-GB). Vanguard News. Retrieved on 2022-08-23.
- ↑ Polaris Bank in Safe Hands, No Need to Panic—Management | Business Post Nigeria (en-GB) (2022-08-05). Retrieved on 2022-08-23.
- ↑ Mark Itsibor (20 October 2022). CBN, AMCON Announce Sale Of Polaris Bank. Leadership Nigeria. Retrieved on 23 October 2022.
- ↑ Mark Itsibor (11 January 2024). Meet the new directors of Polaris Bank. Businessday Nigeria. Retrieved on 11 January 2024.
- ↑ Awojulugbe (August 29, 2020). Innocent Ike appointed acting MD of Polaris Bank. The cable. Retrieved on August 29, 2020.
- ↑ Ugwu (2022-10-22). Meet Adekunle Sonola, the new MD/CEO of Polaris Bank Limited (en-US). Nairametrics. Retrieved on 2022-11-01.
- ↑ Profile: Omokayode Lawal, Polaris Bank's new MD/CEO (en-US). PremiumTimes (11 January 2024). Retrieved on 2024-01-11.
- ↑ Again, Polaris Wins Nigeria’s Best Digital Bank Award with VULTe – THISDAYLIVE. www.thisdaylive.com. Retrieved on 2024-10-14.
- ↑ Apanpa (2024-10-02). Polaris Bank wins ‘Best in MSME lending’ award (en-US). Punch Newspapers. Retrieved on 2024-10-14.
- ↑ Moses-Ashike (2024-11-11). Polaris Bank wins BusinessDay's “Best Bank for MSMEs” award (en-US). Businessday NG. Retrieved on 2024-11-11.