Wema Bank Launches Solar Powered Mobile Branch

Reports show that Wema Bank Plc has inaugurated a new mobile branch “Wema Bank on Wheels” that will be accessible in all parts of the country.

According to New Telegraph, the new truck where normal branch services are offered is also fitted with two automated teller machines (ATM), and is powered by solar energy, a feature that won it IBU 2016 Award’s Most Innovative Product.

New Telegraph reports that the head of e-Business at Wema Bank, Damola Bolodeoku, while commenting on the development, said: “At Wema Bank, we are committed to making banking as convenient as it can be for our customers, and we achieve this using technology, while adhering to global best practices.

“We are taking banking services to Nigerians, no matter where they are. Being an environmentally responsible company, our mobile branch is powered by solar energy; a first in the banking industry.”

Banks around the world have often used mobile banking vehicles as a cost effective service delivery channel as competition becomes stiffer and every financial institution strives to provide their customers with the latest technology driven services.

“Although we have been considering the use of mobile branches to enable us exploit its many benefits, the recent closure of our branch in Abule Egba due to road construction activities by the Lagos State Government fast-tracked the process,” says Kemi Aina, who heads Customer Service Management at Wema Bank.

Aina emphasised the bank’s commitment to excellent service delivery and noted that “for everyone we have not been able to reach through our internet banking, mobile banking or USSD banking services, Wema Bank is on wheels and it is coming to you wherever you may be.”

“Already, Wema Bank’s new mobile branch has started generating good reviews. Wema Bank’s mobile branch is solar-powered; no bank has done this in the Nigerian banking industry, and this makes Wema Bank on Wheels the most innovative product of 2016,” says Tope Dare, Head, Infrastructure Business Unit at Inlaks, a Lagos-based information technology company

Source: New Telegraph