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Zenith Bank partners with French Govt for new branch in France.
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Zenith Bank partners with French Govt for new branch in France.

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Zenith Bank Plc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French Government to establish a subsidiary of Zenith Bank Plc. in France.

Zenith Bank partners with French Govt for new branch in France.

L-R: Group Managing Director/CEO, Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu; French Minister for Trade, Attractiveness, and French Nationals Abroad, Mr. Olivier Becht; Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, CFR; and French Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Blatmann, during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the French Government for the establishment of a subsidiary in France, recently

The MoU, which was signed by the Founder and Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, CFR, and the French Minister for Trade, Attractiveness, and French Nationals Abroad, Mr. Olivier Becht, on Friday, November 24, 2023, will enable Zenith Bank, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Zenith Bank (UK) Limited, to seek and secure the requisite regulatory approval from the Autorite’ de Controle Prudentiel et de Resolution (ACPR) to establish a strategic presence in France.

Speaking during the signing ceremony, the founder and chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Jim Ovia, CFR, said, “It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to Nigeria and Zenith Bank. I am indeed very delighted about the signing of this MoU with France. For me, it is an honor to do this on behalf of the bank, and we look forward to securing the license and starting operations in early 2024. He thanked the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Blatmann, and her colleagues at the French Embassy in Nigeria for their efforts towards improving French-Nigerian business relations.”

Also speaking during the ceremony, the French Minister for Trade, Attractiveness, and French Nationals Abroad, Mr. Olivier Becht, said: “I want to thank you very much for your decision to open a branch of Zenith Bank in Paris. We are thrilled to welcome Zenith Bank’s first office in France, inside the European Union. For us, that’s a very good signal, and it is undoubtedly a demonstration of mutual confidence. There is also no doubt that your vision of international finance guided you to decide to open this branch, and this decision in many respects can also be regarded as a milestone in French-Nigerian economic relations and an illustration of our friendship.

He noted that the government of President Macron had adopted a pro-business agenda in order to make France more attractive by undertaking several reforms in labor law, simplifying a lot of procedures, and cutting business taxes, corporate taxes, and production taxes by more than 25 billion euros, adding that “we hope that the opening of the branch of Zenith Bank in France will also be an occasion to boost the French-Nigerian business in order to have more French companies investing in Nigeria and also to have more Nigerian companies investing in France.”

Zenith Bank has continued to distinguish itself in the Nigerian financial services industry through superior service offerings, a unique customer experience, and sound financial indices. The bank remains a clear leader in the digital space, with several firsts in deploying innovative products and solutions and an assortment of alternative channels that ensure the convenience, speed, and safety of transactions.

Zenith Bank also has subsidiaries in Ghana, Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited; Sierra Leone, Zenith Bank (Sierra Leone) Limited; and The Gambia, Zenith Bank (Gambia) Limited. The bank also has a representative office in the People’s Republic of China.

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