Heritage bank is set to unveil plans to transform into one of the most formidable financial institutions after merging operations with recently acquired Enterprise bank
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There are strong indications that Heritage Bank may, in the coming days,
formally unveil a grand plan to synthesize its operation with that of
Enterprise bank in a move that will see the beginning of total
transformation of Heritage Bank into one of Nigeria’s formidable banking
institutions.
Speaking at the Board Divestment Closure ceremony organised by the Asset
Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in Lagos on Tuesday, the
Managing Director, Heritage Bank, Mr. Ifie Sekibo, thanked the CBN,
AMCON, Securities and Exchange Commission and former management of the
bridge banks for making the process of AMCON divestment transparent.
He said with the AMCON Divestment Closure signaling final disengagement
of the corporation from Enterprise Bank, Heritage Bank now had added
impetus to roll out a more robust plan that would affirm its commitment
to the promise of creating and preserving wealth across generations
through highly personalized banking service.
“We promise to make the bank more successful. We will create more value
and improve on what has been done at Enterprise Bank. One year from now,
all stakeholders will see reasons to appreciate the sale of the bank to
Heritage Bank”, Sekibo said.
Outgoing Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise
Bank, Mr. Ahmed Kuru, expressed happiness over Heritage Bank’s emergence
as the preferred bidder for the bridge bank.
Mr. Kuru said with Heritage Bank’s takeover of Enterprise Bank, “the
level of damage will be minimized compared to if AMCON’s shares in the
bank (Enterprise) had been acquired by a larger bank.”
The Chairman, AMCON, Alhaji Kola Belgore, noted that the bridged banks
had been restored to financial solvency, stating that Mainstreet Bank’s
profit at the end of December 2014 stood at N13bn while Enterprise Bank
recorded a profit of N3bn.
The Managing Director, AMCON, Mr. Mustafa Chike-Obi, said the
corporation’s divestment from the bridge banks was in line with the
CBN’s regulation to leave banks in the hands of public hands.
He noted that Keystone Bank, the only remaining bridged bank, would be sold after the elections.
AMCON had, in the last quarter of 2014, announced both Heritage Bank and
Skye Bank as the preferred bidders for Enterprise Bank and Mainstreet
Bank respectively. Both banks had since completed the payments for the
100 per cent shares of the two acquired banks, and are currently
conducting a process for seamless integration.
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