Keystone Bank Limited, is a

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in Nigeria. The bank is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the national banking regulator.

Overview

Keystone Bank offers banking services to large corporations, public institutions, small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and individuals. The bank is a large financial services provider in

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. , the bank's total assets were valued at US$1.916 billion (NGN:307.5 billion), with shareholders' equity valued at about US$213.3 million (NGN:34.23 billion).

History

On Friday 5 August 2011, Keystone Bank Limited was issued a commercial banking license by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). On the same day, CBN revoked the banking license of

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. Keystone Bank assumed the assets and some liabilities of the now defunct Bank PHB. On 22 March 2017, Asset Management Company of Nigeria announced that Keystone bank had been sold to investors for 25 billion naira ($81.5 million). It was sold to Sigma Golf-Riverbank consortium.

Ownership

The bank was previously owned by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), an arm of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The bank is currently owned by Sigma Golf River Bank Consortium after being acquired from the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in March 2017.

Keystone Bank Group

The bank together with its onshore and offshore subsidiaries, constitute the Keystone Bank Group. The bank's subsidiaries include the following: *

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Branch network

According to its website, the bank maintains a network of over 150 business offices and locations in all the states of

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Governance

After the sale of the bank by AMCON, the bank is now governed by a substantive Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board of Keystone Bank Limited is Alhaji Umaru H. Modibbo. The

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and

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of the bank is Olaniran Olayinka who was appointed in March 2020 shortly after the exit of the acting MD/CEO, Mr. Abubakar Danlami Sule. The current executive directors of the bank include; Messrs Tijjani Aliyu, Adeyemi Odusaya and Lawal Jibrin Ahmed.

References

Other sources

* {{Cite news, url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/226699-amcon-names-new-buyers-keystone-bank.html, title=AMCON names new buyers of Keystone Bank – Premium Times Nigeria, date=2017-03-21, work=Premium Times Nigeria, access-date=2017-04-06, language=en-GB

External links

Homepage of Keystone Bank Limited Website of Central Bank of NigeriaFederal Government Appoints Leaders of Nationalised Banks
* ttp://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/ikeazor-appointed-keystone-bank-md-ceo/137998/ Ikeazor appointed Keystone Bank MD/CEObr>Ikeazor resumes as Keystone Bank CEOKeystone Bank constitutes Transition BoardKeystone Bank Appoints Olaniran Olayinka
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