Guaranty Trust Bank

Guaranty Trust Bank plc
Public limited company
ISIN US40124Q2084
Industry Finance
Founded 17 January 1990
Headquarters 635 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
Area served
 Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Liberia, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda, United Kingdom
Key people
 Segun Agbaje, (CEO) Osaretin Demuren, (Chairman)
Products Retail banking
Commercial banking
Corporate banking
Services Banking
Revenue Increase ₦ 278.5 billion (2014)
Increase ₦ 210.8 billion (2014)
Increase ₦ 98.7 billion (2014)
Total assets Increase ₦ 3.16Trillion (2016)
Total equity Increase ₦ 374.3 billion (2014)
Number of employees
 10,000+ (2014)
Website

Guaranty Trust Bank plc also known as GTBank or simply GTB is a Nigerian multinational financial institution, that offers Online/Internet Banking, Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Investment Banking and Asset Management services, with its head office in Victoria Island, Lagos.

History

Guaranty Trust Bank plc was incorporated as a limited liability company licensed to provide commercial and other banking services to the Nigerian public in 1990 and commenced operations in February 1991.

In September 1996, Guaranty Trust Bank plc became a publicly quoted company and won the Nigerian Stock Exchange President’s Merit award. In February 2002, the Bank was granted a universal banking license and later appointed a settlement bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2003.[1]

Guaranty Trust Bank undertook its second share offering in 2004 and raised over N11 billion from Nigerian Investors to expand its operations.

On 26 July 2007 GTBank became the very first subsaharan bank and first Nigerian joint stock company to be listed on London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse. The IPO raised US$750,000,000.[2]

In the same year, they successfully placed Nigeria's first private Eurobond issue on the international capital markets.[3]

The GTBank USD 500,000,000 Eurobond was the first ever Benchmark Eurobond issue by a Nigerian corporate and the second Eurobond programme by GTBank in the last 5 years.[4]

The long-term debts of Guaranty Trust Bank plc are rated BB- by Standard & Poor's and AA- by Fitch Ratings, which are the highest ratings for a Nigerian bank.[5][6]

They introduced online banking and SMS banking in Nigeria and a naira denominated MasterCard as well as the Platinum and World Signia cards and with GTB-on-wheels, mobile branches.

On 12 March 2008, GTBank was given a banking licence for the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority.[7]

GTBank is a partner of Eko Atlantic City a new made island (820 ha.) in the Atlantic ocean, adjacent to Victoria Island Lagos. It will be the home of the new Financial District. The building of Eko Atlantic City started in 2009 and is expected to be finished in 2016.[8]

To commemorate the bank's 20th anniversary, the Nigerian Postal Service issued a set of GTBank Anniversary postage stamps. This was the first time in Nigeria that a corporate organization was honored in such a way.[9]

In 2011, the bank became the biggest bank in Nigeria by market capitalisation.[10]

In 2013, the Bank issued a USD 400,000,000 Euro bond at a coupon rate of 6%; the least obtained by a Nigerian company in the international capital market. The Eurobond was issued under the USD 2,000,000 Global Medium Term Note Programme, which is registered under both Regulation in the United State of America and Rule 144A in the United Kingdom and sold to investors across Africa, America, Asia and Europe.[11]

The Bank has over 10,000 employees.[12]

Leadership

Branches and Subsidiaries

GTBank plc has 231 branches, 17 Cash Centres, 18 e-branches, 41 GTExpress locations and more than 1165 ATMs in Nigeria.

GTBank has expanded to Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda. These countries belong to the "Eco zone". It has also expanded to the United Kingdom.

With the acquisition of a 70 per cent stake in Fina Bank GTBank expanded into the East African market as at December 2013. As a consequence, Fina Bank will now be renamed and rebranded as subsidiaries of GTBank.[14]

References

  1. ↑ gtbank.com
  2. ↑ forbes.com: „Nigeria's Guaranty Trust Bank to raise 750 mln usd from London listing“ (11 September 2007)
  3. ↑ clickafrique.com: GTBank completes Nigeria's first private EuroBond Issue.
  4. ↑ thisdaylive.com: GTBank’s US$500 million Eurobond Oversubscribed
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ allafrica.com, Nigeria: GTBank Gets AA- By Fitch, 16 April 2009
  7. ↑ allafrica.com: „GTBank to Commence Operations in UK“
  8. ↑ ekoatlantic.com
  9. ↑ nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng: NIPOST Launches Stamps to Mark GTBank 20th Anniversary
  10. ↑ thisdaylive.com: GTBank Leads Banking Stocks in Market Capitalisation
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ gtbank.com
  13. ↑ "The Board - Guaranty Trust Bank Plc". GTBank Plc. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  14. ↑ allafrica.com: Nigeria: GTBank Concludes Acquisition of Fina Bank, Kenya
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