Oceanic Bank

Oceanic Bank International Plc.
Type Public limited company
Industry Finance
Founded March 26, 1990
Headquarters Herbert Macaulay Way, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, Nigeria[1]
Key people Hayford Kponmwonsa Alile, Chairman
John Aboh, Managing Director & CEO
Services Banking
Revenue 74.9 billion
Net income 17.1 billion
Total assets 1.3 trillion
Website Homepage

Oceanic Bank International, commonly referred to as Oceanic Bank, is a bank in Nigeria. Oceanic provides individual, commercial and corporate banking services. [2]

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History

Oceanic Bank was incorporated on March 26, 1990, as a private limited liability company with 100% equity ownership by Nigerian citizens, and licensed on April 10, 1990, to carry on commercial banking. The bank commenced business on June 12, 1990, at the Waterfront Plaza, Plot 270, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos. It was listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on June 25, 2004.[3] In October 2010, Cecilia Ibru, the former head of Oceanic Bank, was sentenced to eighteen months and ordered to forfeit over US$1 billion for fraud.[4]

Global presence

As of May 2009, Oceanic Bank has subsidiaries in the following countries:[5]

Subsidiaries

The bank has the following subsidiary companies:[8]

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