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Unity Bank plc - Wikipedia

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Unity Bank plc
Company typePublic: NSE: UNITYBNK
IndustryFinancial services
Founded2006
HeadquartersVictoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

Key people

Thomas Ethuh
Chairman
Tomi Somefun
Managing Director
ProductsLoans, Credit Cards, Savings, Investments, Mortgages
RevenueIncreaseAftertax:US$38.7 million (NGN:6.2 billion) (2012)
Total assetsUS$2.45 billion (NGN:396 billion) (2012)

Number of employees

2,072 (2012)[1]
WebsiteHomepage

Unity Bank, also known as Unity Bank plc, is a commercial bank in Nigeria.[2]

Unity Bank is a mid sized financial services provider in Nigeria. Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital. Unity Bank also maintains an operations base in Abuja, Nigeria's capital.[3] As of December 2012, the bank's total assets were valued at about US$2.45 billion (NGN:396 billion), with shareholders' equity of approximately US$322 million (NGN:51.5 billion).[4]

In January 2006, nine financial institutions with expertise in corporate banking, retail banking, as well as investment banking, came together to form Unity Bank plc.[5] In 2024, The Central Bank of Nigeria approved the merger of Unity Bank with Providus Bank.[6][7]

Unity Bank plc, is the flagship institution of the Unity Bank Group. Other members of the financial services group include the following:[8]

  • Unity Capital & Trust Limited
  • Caranda Management Services Limited
  • Unity Registrars Limited
  • Northlink Insurance Brokers Limited
  • Newdevco Investments & Securities Limited
  • UnityKapital Assurance plc
  • Pelican Prints Limited
  • Unity Bank BDC
  • Hexali Properties Limited

NB; most of the subsidiaries has been sold.

The shares of stock of Unity Bank plc are listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, where they trade under the symbol: UNITYBNK. The detailed shareholding in the bank is not publicly available at this time.[9]

As of December 2010, Unity Bank plc maintained 242 branches across all states of Nigeria, giving it the 7th-largest branch network in the country. Another 25 branches were planned at that time.[10]