As part of its retail banking strategy, Unity Bank Plc says it has rolled out its agency banking services in the North-West especially Kano and Jigawa States.
The lender said this was aimed at reaching out to the unbanked and deepen financial inclusion.
In line with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s financial inclusion mandate, Unity Bank said it focused its ‘’Agent Banking’’ services on Gumel in Jigawa State and Rijiya-Lemu in Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State, last week.
The General Manager, Products & Channels, Unity Bank, Mr. Bonaventure Okhaimo, was quoted as saying that prioritising the North-West was borne out of the need to tap into the huge unbanked population in the region.
“The agent banking model is conceptualised to evolve as a model of community and rural banking,” a statement added.
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