Committee of E-Business Industry Heads (CeBIH) has resolved
to promote digital solutions targeted at the bottom of the pyramid in a bid to
expedite access to financial services across Nigeria, reports ITRealms.
Newly elected Chairman of CeBIH, Mr. Stanley Jacob gave this
insight in his acceptance speech at the election of new executives held in
Lagos at the Keystone Bank headquarters.
Stanley, who is also the Head of Consumer Distribution at
Ecobank Nigeria said the new executive will pursue three broad agenda namely
financial inclusion, digital security and strengthened collaboration amongst
industry stakeholders.
He stressed that CeBIH, under his leadership, will work
tirelessly with other stakeholders to reduce financial exclusion which currently
is over 40 percent in Nigeria as well as bridge the wide digital divide in the
country.
“As CeBIH we will actively collaborate with industry to
provide the needed financial services at the right pricing to the bottom of the
pyramid. We will also ensure adequate capacity building for all stakeholders to
equip them in tackling the exclusion challenge” he said.
Jacom also pointed out that CeBlH will pull industry
resources and work with the regulators to promote an industry approach for
combating cyber-security and payment frauds, stressing that financial literacy
campaigns and robust customer education will also be a key tool to achieving
this.
“This new Executive Council will strengthen collaboration by
promoting the Shared Agency Network Facility (SANEF) with a view to ensuring
that the expected benefits are delivered to consumers; partnerships with other
financial institutions (OFIs) and FinTechs to deliver improved financial
services; Research and case studies to drive emerging payments”, he said.
Also elected along
with Stanley are Kayode Olubiyi, Vice-Chairman; Yemi Atanda,
Secretary-Industry Shared Services;
Bidemi Asunmo, Secretary-Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) &
Fintech Relations; Mike Onwu, Secretary-Emerging Payments &
Technologies; Celestina Appeal, Secretary- Product Pricing & Revenue
Assurance; Mike Ogba, Secretary- Finance & Treasury; Gloria Eruemegbe,
Secretary-Publicity & Advocacy; Nmutaka Chikwendu, Internal Auditor and
Oluremi Tinuolu, Assistant Secretary - Finance & Treasury.
Immediate past Chairman, CeBIH, Dele Adeyinka charged the
new executives to continue with the mission and vision of the group, which is
using collaboration with drive financial inclusion and adoption of electronic
payment, which are what CeBIH stands for today.
He noted that under the leadership of the outgoing
executives, CeBIH reached out to various industry stakeholders and this
initiative yielded results which became evident through better engagement of
CeBIH in issues pertaining to policy formulation in the industry”
Chuks Egbune/ED, Ops
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