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Fidelity Bank to acquire 100% stake in Union Bank UK

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bankernaija August 30, 2022
Updated 2022/08/30 at 1:53 PM
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Fidelity Bank Plc, Nigeria’s tier 2 Bank has secured a biding agreement to acquire 100 percent stake in Union Bank UK. This was contained in a publication made available by the bank earlier today 30th of August 2022.

The bank’s publication signed by Ezinwa Unuigboje, the Fidelity Bank PLC Company Secretary also confirmed that the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN has issued a letter of “No Objection” to the deal.

The Fidelity Bank PLC notification reads “Fidelity Bank Plc hereby notifies the General Public that it has entered into a binding agreement for the acquisition of 100% equity stake in Union Bank UK Plc, for which the Central Bank of Nigeria has issued a letter of “No Objection”.

“Union Bank UK commenced operations from the heart of the City of London in 1983 to provide competitive banking services including Personal Banking, Trade Finance, Treasury Management, and Structured Trade and Commodity Finance which it offers to individual and corporate clients.

Commenting on the agreement, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-lkpe, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc said:

“This transaction aligns with our strategic plan of expanding our service touchpoints beyond the Nigerian market and providing straight-through services that meet and exceed the needs of our growing clients. The diverse service bouquet and business model of Union Bank UK offered a compelling synergy, and we hope to build on the existing capacity to create a scalable and more sustaining service franchise that will support the wider ecosystem of our trade businesses and diaspora banking services.”

The transaction according to the publication, is subject to the approval of the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) of the United Kingdom.

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