Guaranty Trust Bank plc has once again raised the
service bar for African Financial Institutions,
by up grading its Social Banking offering on Facebook
to accommodate Instant GTBank Account Opening.
With this upgrade, prospective customers of the
foremost Bank can open accounts and immediately
get their account numbers while on Facebook,
without having to visit any GTBank branch. Continue
Commenting on the new offering which went live
recently, Managing Director/CEO of Guaranty Trust
plc; Mr. Segun Agbaje said the upgrade will make it
more convenient for people to commence banking
relationships with the Bank. Mr. Agbaje explained
that all people have to do while on Facebook is fill the
account opening form, upload their passport
photograph and signature mandate and immediately
get their account number.
GTBank Social Banking is a unique offering pioneered
by the Bank earlier in the year that allows people
open GTBank Accounts, make Account Balance
Enquiries, perform Money Transfers and purchase
Airtime on Facebook.
The Bank remains the leading Nigerian financial
services provider in the social media space with over
1.3 Million followers on Facebook alone, the largest
following for any Nigerian company.
With Social Banking, Guaranty Trust Bank plc has
successfully introduced a new and effective platform
through which its customers can get real-time
customer service and perform transactions quickly,
safely and at their convenience. According to Mr.
Agbaje the banking requirements of today’s
customers necessitates a high degree of flexibility,
which is why GTBank is instituting value adding
channels on social and other platforms that allow
people bank 24/7.
Guaranty Trust Bank plc was established in 1990 and
has within the last 23 years come to be recognized as
one of the most innovative and service focused banks
in Nigeria. The Bank, which was recently conferred
with the 2013 African Bank of the Year Award by
African Banker Magazine, has banking subsidiaries in
Cote D’Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra
Leone, the United Kingdom and has concluded the
purchase of a 70% equity stake in Fina Bank that will
see its operations spread to Kenya, Uganda and
Rwanda .
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