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UBA Launches Banking Operations in Dubai International Financial Centre

by Yinka Okeowo
July 21, 2022
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The United Bank for Africa (UBA), Africa’s global bank has extended operations to the United Arab Emirates with the official launch of its new branch at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).

The bank has been in operation for over seven decades and is officially in four continents (20 African countries), the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and France.

DIFC Branch will operate under the Category 4 license and will be regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the financial regulatory agency of the special economic zone, the Dubai International Financial Centre.

The UBA branch in the DIFC will service corporate & financial Institutions and customers across the Middle East with a core focus on correspondent banking, relationship management, and advisory services.

Through this new expansion, the UBA Group will be able to harness opportunities in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA), which comprise 72 countries with an approximate population of 3 billion and a nominal GDP of US$7.7 trillion and thereby, reinforce its strong franchise as Africa’s Global Bank, facilitating trade and capital flows between Africa and the rest of the world.

Speaking during the launch of the new subsidiary in Dubai on Thursday, Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman, UBA Group, explained that with the Group’s foray into the Gulf Region, UBA continues to focus on its strategic intent to lead the way when it comes to doing business in Africa.

He said “collaborating with our franchises in 20 African countries and the major financial centres of London, New York, and Paris, UBA (DIFC Branch) will facilitate the financing of trade transactions between the Middle East and Africa, enabling trade finance and investments,” Elumelu said.

‘We have been looking forward to this day as it is the first time we will have a presence in this part of the world. We know that our international expansion is incomplete if we are not present in the gulf’, he continued

According to Kennedy Uzoka, UBA’s Group Managing Director/CEO, UBA is formally on four continents across the globe, operating in 24 countries, serving over 35 million customers, and still growing.

“We are the only bank of Nigerian origin that has extended out of Nigeria to the UAE. Those before us have come through other locations and that shows the strength and respect the Dubai authorities have for UBA. Our presence in Dubai affirms that UBA is a strong franchise, expanding its reach across the world,” Uzoka said.

“The authorities and business environment here in the DIFC is phenomenal and UBA is seeing Dubai as the gateway for Africa and that is why we are here, to be closer to our clients, to be partnering with them and facilitate businesses and trade flow into Africa through the UBA franchise. So, we are super excited.”

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