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  • Keystone empowers women entrepreneurs

    Keystone Bank Limited has through its Pink Network organised a training programme aimed at growing the businesses of its many female entrepreneurs.

    The training, which held in Lagos, was termed PinkPreneur and it’s the first edition of sessions that would be held regularly. Various facilitators taught on efficiently using social media to promote businesses, business education and importance of creating a sustainable business structure and educating the participants on the benefits of the flagship Pink Account.

    The founder, Masterpiece Resource Development Centre, Mrs. Module Oyekunle, who spoke on discovering and developing their business and career ideas, gave participants business tips on how to properly set up a business in Nigeria and the basic structures one must put in place to  succeed and using the Pink Marketplace to sell and expand their customer base.

    At the training, the Divisional Head, Product and Marketing Support, Keystone Bank, Temitayo Olutoye said the bank is committed to supporting female entrepreneurs, which was the strategic reason for creating the Pink Network and the training sessions.

    On the benefits of the Pink Account, she said: “This account is about financial inclusion and making it possible for women to express themselves. It is also a simple account that speaks to the need of every woman. It is about speaking to the needs of women and bringing us together and letting us express ourselves.”

    She urged the participants to take advantage of its Ecommerce platform as well as the other benefits offered by this account to ease and encourage female entrepreneurs.

    She added: “We also have mentors on the platform and those interested in shopping can go to the market place. Also, those interested in life materials can go to the resource centre. It is a unique platform and it is part of what the brand stands for. For us, it’s about passion, convenience and reliability.”

     

     

     

  • Keystone Bank gets ISO certifications

    Keystone Bank gets ISO certifications

    Keystone Bank has obtained two certifications from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). The certifications are the ISO 20000 for IT Service Management Systems (ITMS) and ISO 27001 for Information Security System (ISMS).

    The certification attests that the bank aligned with world class standards in protecting customer information and providing stellar services to its stakeholders via efficient and effective use of Information Technology.

    It was issued after a rigorous audit exercise conducted by the British Standard Institute (BSI), in keeping with the lender’s vision to be the preferred partner to its customers via the use of Information Technology.

    According to the Executive Director, Operations & Technology, Mrs. Yvonne Isichei “Keystone Bank is committed to following global best practices and standards in all its operations because we believe our customers should be assured of consistent service delivery, convenience and reliability.

    “These certifications also give our stakeholders increased confidence and confirms the security of information and information technology service at all levels.”

    Mrs. Isichei also said “With this, customers can be assured that we have put processes in place to protect the information that they give us.”

    The British Standard Institute (BSI) recognizes companies that have implemented systems and structures that ensure their operations are in line with international best practices.

  • Keystone Bank, NTDC partner on travel market

    the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Keystone Bank, Philip Ikeazor, said the bank would partner with the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) to ensure successful participation in the World Travel Market slated for London this year.

    Ikeazor, who stated this when he paid a courtesy call on the Director-General, Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation, (NTDC), Mrs Sally Mbanefo in Abuja. He praised  her for the Corporation’s achievements in ensuring that Nigeria, which is endowed with natural and man-made tourist sites, benefits immensely from the money-spinning sector.

    Ikeazor said the appointment of Dr Mbanefo as the boss of NTDC was and intended to reposition the nation’s tourism industry, and thereby making Nigeria stand tall in the comity of tourism nations.

    The bank boss noted that ‘domestic tourism remains a viable catalyst to developing tourism in any nation, stating that Dr. Mbanefo is getting it right.

    Ikeazor pledged that the bank would build a befitting Information Desk for NTDC at the Dr Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja and Murtala International Airport, Lagos.

    “We are willing to ensure that NTDC has a befitting Information Desk at the airports in Lagos and Abuja to enable the corporation further promote Nigeria and her tourist sites. NTDC has been doing wonderfully well in this course, and we are ready to support the course,” Ikeazor assured.

    Dr Mbanefo said the corporation derives its strength from the nation’s cultural tourism assets, stressing that those assets must be promoted effectively to attract those that are interested in what the body has to sell.

    She said NTDC will explore the opportunity provided by the World Travel Market to market Nigeria’s domestic tourism potentials, thereby wooing foreigners to appreciate Nigeria’s tourist sites and crowd-pulling festivals, which according to her, will empower people at the grassroots level, as well as create jobs and wealth for them.

    Dr Mbanefo reiterated her commitment to promoting domestic tourism in Nigeria, while making NTDC generate good revenue for the government.

  • Keystone Bank gets PCI-DSS Certification

    keystone Bank has received a Certificate of Compliance on the successful completion of the Phillips Consulting assessment on Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards.

    The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) is an extensive set of guidelines developed by five of the top global payment card brands and adopted worldwide by card services providers – Card Issuers, Banks, Transaction Switching Companies and Merchants – to better protect customers’ payment card information from compromise and fraud through increased controls around the storage, transmission and processing of card data.

    Speaking during the presentation, the Executive Director, Operations and Technology, Mrs. Yvonne Isichei, who stood in for the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Keystone Bank, Mr. Philip Ikeazor, said: “Keystone Bank had engaged the services of PCI-DSS Qualified Security Assessors, Phillips Consulting Ltd, to guide it through the implementation of the standard and conduct the final certification assessment.”

    According to Mrs. Isichei, the result of the assessment is that among other things, Keystone Bank achieved the “Creation of a restricted Card Data Environment within our network; the identification and sanitisation of card data from the network environment and provision of training for our staff on card data security best practices and general awareness building on the PCI-DSS requirements”.

    While presenting the certificate, Mr. Wole Ogundare, Associate Partner, Phillips Consulting had encouraged Keystone Bank to continue to the atmosphere of compliance noting that “Compliance is not a destination but a journey.”

    PCIDSS is one of the several globally recognised and accepted standards championed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in its IT Standards Roadmap for adoption by the  financial industry.

  • Global road traffic injuries cost $518b yearly, says Keystone Bank MD

    Global road traffic injuries cost $518b yearly, says Keystone Bank MD

    Managing Director/Chief Executive, Keystone Bank Limited, Mr. Philip Ikeazor has estimated the global yearly cost of road traffic injuries at $518 billion.

    The low and middle income countries accounted for $65 billion of the total figure.

    He made this known in Abuja at the launch of the bank’s CSR initiative tagged “ Eye and health screening for commercial bus drivers” in collaboration with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), The Eye Foundation and Public Health Partners.

    He said the bank had resolved to support the transport sector to help improve road safety and save lives.

    Justifying the bank’s intervention in the sector, Ikeazor, while quoting statistics from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, said road crashes had become the leading cause of death for youths aged 15 to 29 years. He said Nigeria accounted for over 85 per cent of global deaths from road crashes.

    The Keystone Bank boss said the new initiative would provide free screening to interstate commercial transport drivers for diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol as well as ascertain their level of blood group.

    The scheme would also carry out tests for glaucoma, visual acuity, and automated refraction eye tests.

  • Keystone Bank inaugurates trade portal

    Keystone Bank Limited has introduced a trade portal to support the international trade activities of its customers.

    In an address presented at a customers’ trade forum in Lagos, the Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Philip Ikeazor, described the product as a simple end-to-end solution that supports manufacturers, importers, and other companies engaged in foreign exchange transactions.

    He said the portal would also help customers initiate trade transactions from the comfort of their offices, homes or anywhere they are.

    Besides, he said new trade patterns would lead to new financial instruments and new ways of adding value for customers. This, he pointed out would also drive trade transactions in the economy.

    Ikeazor said the forum was vital as governments and various bodies have continued to emphasise the significance of international trade to the growth of the economy.

    “As a country, we cannot afford to wait while other nations are moving ahead with various bilateral arrangements which will not only redefine global trade flows but also deployment of resources and investment flows.

    “As an industry, banks must be more proactive in engaging with all stakeholders, including the regulatory community. This is the reason we invited the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), importers, exporters and other stakeholders to be part of this forum.

    Comptroller-General, NCS, Inde Dikko, who was represented by the Deputy Comptroller-General, Aber Benjamin, acknowledged the lapses and delays caused by the service providers at the ports.