Heritage Bank is planning to list its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in the next two years, an Executive Director, Heritage Bank; Mrs. Mary Akpobome, has said.

A statement from the bank quoted Akpobome as saying in Lagos that the regional bank planned to list its shares on the Exchange as soon as it becomes a national bank.

She said, “For now, we are a regional bank. But, in the next two years, judging from the advances we are currently making and the solid plans we have put in place, we should be listed on the stock exchange.”

 On the bank’s performance after almost one year of operation, she said, “The market has received us much better than we expected, considering the time we came into the market. But I guess it is not surprising because of the quality of people we have and the level of their experience. I can proudly say that we have done extremely well since we came on board.”

Akpobome, who said that the bank currently had over 11,000 customers, explained that it was satisfied with the level of goodwill it had enjoyed since its market entrance in 2013.

She added, “We are happy that our projections as a new entity have been met. We planned to attain certain goals in five years, but already, we have achieved them in less than the first year of our existence. That speaks a lot about the passion of people the bank was able to put in place”.

She promised that the bank would remain committed to customer-centric innovations.

“Ours is a bank that is truly set up to understand the customers. So, the driving force behind our business is commitment to excellent service delivery. Today, we are the only bank that has absolute zero Cost of Transfer,” she said.

Source: Punch