FNB Namibia has been announced as the Best Bank in Namibia 2024 at the Global Finance magazine’s 31st annual Best Banks awards.
“Banking has reached another watershed moment with the debut of generative artificial intelligence, which promises to rewrite the industry playbook,” said Joseph D. Giarraputo, founder and editorial director of Global Finance. “In this ever-changing environment, the Best Bank Awards recognize the financial institutions that offer the broadest range of services, long-term reliability, and technological innovation.”
FNB Namibia CEOs for Retail and Commercial Nangula Kauluma and Sepo Haihambo, expressed their gratitude to Global Finance magazine for the recognition and thanked all stakeholders who contributed towards this accolade. Nangula Kauluma in her comments highlighted the Banks appreciation of its customers saying, “We wish to especially thank our loyal customers who consistently support us by making use of our products and services.”
While FNB Namibia CEO for Commercial Sepo Haihambo added that the bank is committed to empowering customers by partnering with clients to achieve their financial goals and provide intuitive help. “Our proactive approach, leveraging emerging technologies, as well as top skills, capacity, and tools to deliver platform-based contextual solutions sets us apart from our competitors. These awards are yet another reminder that industry leaders recognise the innovative products and services that make a positive impact to our customers’ lives. We look forward to continually delivering helpful solutions and striving for excellence” Haihambo said.
In selecting these top banks, Global Finance considered factors that ranged from the quantitative objective to the informed subjective. Objective criteria considered included: growth in assets, profitability, geographic reach, strategic relationships, new business development and innovation in products. Subjective criteria included the opinions of equity analysts, credit rating analysts, banking consultants and others involved in the industry.
All selections were made by the editors of Global Finance after extensive consultations with corporate financial executives, bankers and banking consultants, and analysts throughout the world. In addition, banks were encouraged to submit entries supporting their selection. The winners of this year’s awards are those banks that attended carefully to their customers’ needs in difficult markets and accomplished strong results while laying the foundations for future success. Winning organisations managed their assets and liabilities in a savvy way in light of the fast-changing interest rate scenarios.