BY PROVIDENCE OBUH
Accion Microfinance Bank (AMfB) has emerged winner of the 2012 Lagos State Enterprise Award (LEAD) for Best Microfinance Bank of the year, even for the second year running.
The selection made after a survey was conducted by an industry research group for LEAD awards, was based on excellent performance and good understanding of micro lending in the sector.
Managing Director of the bank, Ms. Bunmi Lawson who expressed delight on the award said that the award came as a testament to the strength of the Bank's continued viability, assuring customers of a brighter future while providing the quality of service deserved.
"Accion Microfinance Bank has consistently delivered on its promises of dependability, accountability, and ensuring the security of our customer's funds. In addition, our core values of integrity, excellent customer service, leadership, innovation and team work as well as our business philosophy and methodology, have made us standout as a leading Microfinance Bank in Nigeria.
"Ensuring a brighter future for our customers is our passion and that is why we offers a broad range of products to our customers, whether it is a personal loan product, savings account for transactional purposes, loan products for small and medium sized entrepreneurs, to the fixed account for individuals and organisations who seek a safe purse at a competitive interest rate.
"Our customers know that they can rely on us to assist in the growth of their businesses, ensure that their families are well taken care of, that their children are able to have an education, or provide access to quality health care for the entire family," Lawson stated.
However, AMfB with staff strength of over 350 staff spread across 16 fourteen branches and the Head Office, accounts for a total asset worth N2.4 billion in excess, gross loan portfolio of over N1.7 billion and disbursed loans well over N14 billion to over 85,000 customers since inception.
