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Ecobank offers
free recharge
cards to new customers
Ecobank Nigeria Plc
is offering free recharge cards of up to 1000 Naira to customers who
embrace its recently re-launched “Ecobank Welcome Account” (EWA); a
special savings account for small savers. The Ecobank Welcome
Account entitles the customer to a three percent interest on
deposits, a Free ATM debit cards, Internet access and SMS banking as
well as a recharge card of his or her choice.
Commenting on the re-launch of the Ecobank Welcome Account the
bank’s Head of Retail Liabilities, Nike Kolawole said the product
which is an improvement on other competing products in the banking
industry has been designed to offer ordinary Nigerians the
opportunity to benefit from banking services. According to the
product head, the re-launch became necessary so as to reach out to
two types of customers. The first are the customers of the former
Hallmark and Allstates Trust Bank who left their banks in the wake
of the former institutions’ misfortune, the second group are new
savings customers. The recharge cards are meant to act as incentives
to all these group of customers regarded as small savers.
In the words of Ms Kolawole “most Nigerians, especially those in the
small savers category, that include artisans, student and petty
trades need this form of special account, as it offers them
convenience and flexibility in their business transactions”.
Immediate benefits of the account she explained include, Free ATM
Debit for ease and convenience, Access to Sms/Internet banking at
minimal cost.
The promo which has already kicked off is billed to end in few weeks
time. A customer desiring to benefit from this free recharge card
simply needs to complete Account Opening Package with two passport
Photographs and a means of Identification (Drivers License,
International Passport or National ID) and two Independent
Satisfactory References for Cheque and Dividend Warrant Lodgments.
Ecobank Nigeria has in the last few years been in the forefront of
unique product innovation in the Nigerian financial industry. It has
successfully pioneered the introduction of a variety of local,
regional and international card schemes in Nigeria some of which
include Ecobank MasterCard: first issued in Nigeria & West Africa by
Ecobank (also the first in Nigeria to implement an International
Card Management System); Ecobank Naira Credit Card: first issued and
currently offered in Nigeria by Ecobank; Ecobank Regional Travel
Card: first issued and currently available in Nigeria only at
Ecobank. The bank is also one of the few Nigerian banks that
undertake transactions in CFA and Cedis; popular currency
denominations used in the West African coast.
Ecobank Nigeria is part of Ecobank Group established in 1985 as a
regional financial institution by the West African business
community with the support of ECOWAS to promote Regional financial
co-operation in West Africa .
Ecobank Group through its economic activities in the area of product
innovation and credit lending is today considered by many investors
as a gateway to the West and Central African financial markets
offering world class products and services in 22 countries of the
West, Central Africa and Eastern Africa.
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