Stanbic IBTC Holdings
Nigerian financial services company
Stanbic IBTC Holdings, commonly referred to as Stanbic IBTC, is a financial service holding company in Nigeria with subsidiaries in banking, stock brokerage, investment advisory, asset management, investor services, pension management, trustees, insurance brokerage and life insurance businesses. The company's newly opened corporate headquarters, Stanbic IBTC Towers, is situated at Walter Carrington Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos. Stanbic IBTC Holdings is a member of the Standard Bank Group, a financial services giant based in South Africa. Standard Bank is Africa's largest banking group ranked by assets and earnings, with operations in 20 African countries and 13 countries outside Africa.
Overview
Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc. began as the result of a merger between Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited and IBTC Chartered Bank Plc. in 2007, then adopting a holding company structure in 2012 to comply with the revised regulatory framework advised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), requiring banks to either divest from non-core banking financial services or adopt a holding company structure.
Before the merger
IBTC Chartered Bank Plc.
Investment Banking & Trust Company Plc (IBTC) was formed as an investment bank on 2 February 1989 with Atedo N.A. Peterside as the chief executive officer and A. Olawale Edun as an executive director.
In 2005, the Central Bank of Nigeria announced its re-capitalization program for commercial banks.
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