In a bid to promote financial inclusion in the country,
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc on Wednesday unveiled social
banking service on popular social networking site, Facebook.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony centre in Lagos, the
Managing Director (M.D) and Chief Executive Officer
( C.E.O), GTBank, Mr. Segun Agbaje, said the service would
allow the public to open accounts and get customer service
support via Facebook.
He said the bank’s objective was to engage members of the
public where they worked, lived, stayed or played, adding,
“The service will enable persons on social networks like
Facebook to commence a banking relationship and perform
transactions 24/7, safely and conveniently, without having to
leave the platform.”
Agbaje said the service presently only allowed people to open
GTBank accounts, but pointed out that the bank would
introduce new service options that included money transfers,
airtime purchases and bill payments.
The GTBank boss added that the institution was committed to
the convenience of its stakeholders and would continue to
introduce value-adding alternative channels in the future.
“GTBank has been at the forefront of industry innovations
within the Nigerian financial service sector over the last 22
years. The bank is the first Nigerian institution to have
recognised online/social channels as an emerging service
point, and has over one million followers on Facebook; the
largest for any African bank,” Agbaje said.
The bank recently introduced the GTBank mobile money that
allows customers and non-customers to perform transfers,
payments and other transactions from their mobile phones to
any mobile phone subscriber in the country.
Source: http://www.surestinfo.com/2013/04/gtbank-commences-social-banking-service-on-facebook.html

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