Services Banking Founder Ibru Family | Industry Finance Revenue ₦74.9 billion Founded 1990 | |
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Key people Hayford Kponmwonsa Alile, ChairmanJohn Aboh, Managing Director & CEO | ||
Oyinkan adewale oceanic bank nigeria
Oceanic Bank International, commonly referred to as Oceanic Bank, is a bank in Nigeria. Oceanic provides individual, commercial and corporate banking services.
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- Oyinkan adewale oceanic bank nigeria
- Oyinkan adewale cfo oceanic bank discusses q3 2009 results
- History
- Global presence
- Subsidiaries
- References
Oyinkan adewale cfo oceanic bank discusses q3 2009 results
History
As of Monday, October 24 2011, Oceanic Bank was acquired by Ecobank Transnational Incorporation (ETI)Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/eti-takes-over-oceanic-bank/
Oceanic Bank was incorporated on March 26, 1990, as a private limited liability company with 100% equity ownership by Nigerian citizens, and licensed on April 10, 1990, to carry on commercial banking. The bank commenced business on June 12, 1990, at the Waterfront Plaza, Plot 270, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos. It was listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on June 25, 2004. In October 2010, Cecilia Ibru, the former head of Oceanic Bank, was sentenced to eighteen months and ordered to forfeit over US$1 billion for fraud.
Following the sentencing of Mrs Ibru after she pleaded guilty to three-count charge bordering on negligence, reckless grant of credit facilities and mismanagement of depositors’ funds, the Bank was put into and administration and subsequently acquired in 2011 by a rival bank, Ecobank. In June 2014, Mrs Ibru files a motion at the Abuja Federal High Court asking the court to reverse the acquisition of Oceanic Bank.
Global presence
As of May 2009, Oceanic Bank had subsidiaries in the following countries:
Subsidiaries
The bank has the following subsidiary companies: