Wema, ALAT, Bag Two Awards at The Edge Awards 2024
Wema Bank, Nigeria’s most innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, received two awards of excellence at the Edge Awards 2024 which held on Saturday, September 28, 2024.
The Awards received were the Edge Platinum Brand Award (Corporate) and for ALAT, Outstanding Leadership Award In Digital Banking 2024.
Themed “Excellence Beyond Borders”, the Edge Awards 2024 is the 2024 edition of an annual award ceremony pioneered by Marketing Edge, Nigeria’s leading marketing, economic and corporate publication.
This ceremony is dedicated to celebrating brands, organisations, and individuals who exemplify excellence through groundbreaking ideas, innovative exploits, impactful campaigns, and a strategic vision.
Recognised for its position as an innovative and pioneering industry leader with impact cutting across borders, Wema Bank received two awards of excellence at the grand ceremony: one in recognition of the Bank’s position as a leading brand even beyond the banking industry and the second in recognition of ALAT as a pioneer, leader and pacesetter in the digital banking landscape.
Wema Bank boasts a rich reputation of service excellence, visionary innovation, immense impact across diverse demographics of Nigerians, proactive solutions and an extensive range of other admirable qualities, all of which not only reinforce the Bank’s repute as the Bank that works but also solidify its position as Nigeria’s leading innovative bank.
With a vast range of unique, futuristic, tailored and impactful solutions, offerings, products, services, and even partnerships, Wema Bank continues to positively reset standards within the banking and financial services industry and beyond. The Bank unequivocally embodies the essence of the Award’s theme, “Excellence Beyond Borders”, and has evidently merited the accolades it continues to receive nationally and globally.
Receiving the awards, Mabel Adeteye, Wema Bank’s Head of Brands and Marketing Communications, expressed appreciation to The Edge Awards for consistently acknowledging Wema Bank’s commendable impact.
“We are honoured by the recognition we have received not just for Wema Bank as a brand but also for our pioneering digital gamechanger, ALAT. When the Bank launched ALAT over seven years ago, our goal was essentially excellence beyond borders—extending our unique range of solutions and services to customers across the world, beyond our branches.
“ALAT’s evolution from a trailblazing fully digital bank to an ecosystem of dynamic financial solutions tailored to provide seamless, reliable, and convenient service for all; has been awe-inspiring. Every milestone achieved and every recognition we receive brings a paradoxical sense of humbling pride. We are humbled by the support of every stakeholder who has been instrumental to bringing our vision to life, and we are proud of the outstanding results that our collective efforts continue to produce.
“As always, we take this accolade as a challenge to do even more, exceed more expectations and go above and beyond in sustaining excellence beyond borders as Nigeria’s foremost innovative bank. Our mission is to empower lives through innovation and we are committed to breaking silos in the fulfilment of our mission and the proliferation of our positive impact on the lives and businesses of Nigerians across the world. I take this moment to appreciate every Wema Bank stakeholder for making our success possible. We will continue to go above and beyond in sustaining the best quality of banking experience for all as we continue to provide optimum value for every stakeholder. To the Team at The Edge Awards, Wema Bank says Thank You”, Adeteye concluded.
The Bank also recently received 2 Awards for Sustainable Financing at The Digital Banker’s Global Sustainable Finance Awards, 2 Awards for SME Financing and Women Entrepreneur Financing at the 2024 Global SME Finance Forum Conference which held in Sāo Paulo, Brazil; amongst other accolades.
