{"id":58071,"date":"2021-06-11T05:59:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T04:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/?p=58071"},"modified":"2021-06-11T05:59:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T04:59:41","slug":"cbn-no-plans-to-nationalise-unity-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/cbn-no-plans-to-nationalise-unity-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"CBN: No Plans to Nationalise Unity Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unity-Bank.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45958\" src=\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unity-Bank.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied planning to nationalise Unity Bank Plc as alleged by an online news medium.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Reacting to the report, the Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN,\u00a0 Osita Nwanisobi, described it as, \u201cfake news\u201d and should be discarded in its entirety.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said: \u201cThe report is fake news. There is no iota of truth in it.\u201d He added that the public should disregard such news.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The report had claimed that the apex bank\u2019s target examination of Unity Bank showed that the Tier 2 lender is in \u201dgrave financial condition\u201d, with Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) and Non- Performing Loans (NPL) ratio that breached prudential standards.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, analysts note that just last month, the CBN\u2019s Monetary Policy Committee ( MPC) noted\u00a0 in the communiqu\u00e9 it issued at the end\u00a0 of its meeting that the banking industry is in good health.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>According to the communique: \u201cthe Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) and the Liquidity Ratio (LR) both remained above their prudential limits at 15.8 and 38.9 per cent, respectively. The Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) at 5.89 per cent in April 2021, showed progressive improvement compared with 6.6 per cent in April 2020.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Unity Bank\u2019s audited FY\u2019 2020 results\u00a0 showed improved performance\u00a0 in key parameters. For instance,\u00a0 the Bank\u2019s gross loans portfolio increased by 92.9 per cent to N206.2 billion in 2020 from N106.9 billion in 2019. The bank\u2019s total assets rose by 67.90 per cent when compared with N293.05 billion achieved in the comparative period of 2019. Also, the lender posted gross earnings of N42.71 billion compared with N44.59 billion recorded in the comparative period of 2019, reflective of its business and economic realities of the time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Its customer deposit portfolio grew by 34.4 per cent to N356.62 billion in 2020, up from N257.69 billion posted in the corresponding period of 2019. Profit after tax stood at N2.09 billion, while profit before tax was N2.22 billion during the year under review amidst the tough macroeconomic environment where it operated. Its net operating income rose to N25.46 billion from N23.21 billion in the corresponding period of 2019, representing a 9.71 per cent increase.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is even as the net interest income recorded a significant jump, as it rose by 7.60 per cent to N17.75 billion from N16.49 billion in the corresponding period of 2019.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Furthermore, the bank sustained the growth momentum demonstrated in its 2020 full year earnings as it recorded an impressive performance of 43 per cent in both profit before and after tax in Q1 2021.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Bank\u2019s unaudited Q1 results show that\u00a0 the retail lender profit before tax (PBT) grew by 43 per cent to N784.3million from N550.1 million recorded in the corresponding period of 2020.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The profit after tax (PAT) for the period, which also grew by 43 per cent stood at N721.5million compared to the N506.1million recorded in Q1 2020.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>As an outcome of increased focus on supporting local enterprises and industry, the asset portfolio also showed significant growth in loan book of 76 per cent as net loans and advances to customers increased to N223.2 billion, from N126.6 billion recorded in the corresponding period.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The total assets of the bank for the period showed an appreciable growth of 42 per cent to close at N521.5 billion, from N366.8 billion in the corresponding period of 2020.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The balance sheet of the bank had been considerably de-risked with the non-performing loan (NPL) ratio of near-zero per cent, which it has consistently maintained over time. With this, the bank ranks topmost in risk management assessment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_1648490536896686293yMail_cursorElementTracker_1623363281625\">The bank recorded gross earnings of N11.5 billion, representing a marginal decline of three per cent when compared to N11.9billion posted in the corresponding period of 2020. The bank has assuredly intensified its recapitalization efforts by the recent updates the lender provided to the supervisory authority and significant mileage is currently being recorded as part of its corporate transformation and renewal programmes.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBN: No Plans to Nationalise Unity Bank<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1157,"featured_media":45958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2470,1903],"tags":[12507],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CBN: No Plans to Nationalise Unity Bank - Global Excellence Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/cbn-no-plans-to-nationalise-unity-bank\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CBN: No Plans to Nationalise Unity Bank - Global Excellence Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CBN: No Plans to Nationalise Unity Bank\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/cbn-no-plans-to-nationalise-unity-bank\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Excellence Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-11T04:59:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Unity-Bank.gif\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"hamzat\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"hamzat\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/cbn-no-plans-to-nationalise-unity-bank\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/cbn-no-plans-to-nationalise-unity-bank\/\",\"name\":\"CBN: No Plans to Nationalise Unity Bank - Global Excellence Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-11T04:59:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-11T04:59:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/e661c21373342c2041388de9de7ca3a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/cbn-no-plans-to-nationalise-unity-bank\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/cbn-no-plans-to-nationalise-unity-bank\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/cbn-no-plans-to-nationalise-unity-bank\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CBN: No Plans to Nationalise Unity Bank\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/globalexcellenceonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Global Excellence Online\",\"description\":\"Website by www.Inventrium.net - Excellence is a journal of information, education and entertainment published every Tuesday by: Global Exellence Communications. 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