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Zenith Bank Plc made bully connected its committedness connected Friday by paying its shareholders a full interim dividend of N51.3 cardinal for the half-year (H1) 2025, astatine N1.25 per share.
This payout represents implicit a 60 per cent summation from the N31.4 cardinal paid successful H1 2024, demonstrating the bank’s committedness and enhanced capableness to continually make worth for its shareholders amidst a challenging macroeconomic environment.
The dividend outgo comes connected the heels of the bank’s audited fiscal results for the half-year ended June 30, 2025, released to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) successful September 2025, which showcased a robust fiscal presumption and maturation trajectory.
Commenting connected the dividend payout, the radical managing director/CEO, Dr Adaora Umeoji, OON, said, “We are pleased to person paid this important interim dividend to our valued shareholders. Our half-year results underscore our resilience and committedness to our stakeholders. Based connected the momentum achieved successful H1, we are assured successful our full-year outlook and expect to transcend shareholders’ expectations by year’s end.
“The important dividend payout reflects exceptional underlying show arsenic the Bank recorded a robust 20 per cent year-on-year summation successful gross earnings, rising from N2.1 trillion to N2.5 trillion successful H1 2025. Interest income drove this show with an awesome 60 per cent growth, climbing from N1.1 trillion to N1.8 trillion. The Bank achieved this singular summation successful involvement income done strategical repricing of hazard assets and effectual treasury management.
The Bank’s full assets besides expanded to N31 trillion successful June 2025, representing dependable maturation from N30 trillion successful December 2024. This maturation is underpinned by a robust and well-structured equilibrium sheet. Customer assurance remained strong, with deposits increasing by 7 per cent from N22 trillion to N23 trillion successful June 2025.
Zenith Bank’s shareholders tin beryllium assured of its continued absorption connected delivering exceptional worth and growth, driven by its beardown fiscal fundamentals and strategical initiatives.
The Bank’s way grounds of fantabulous show has continued to gain the marque galore awards, including being recognised arsenic the Number One Bank successful Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital for the sixteenth consecutive twelvemonth successful the 2025 Top 1000 World Banks Ranking, published by The Banker and “Nigeria’s Best Bank” astatine the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2025.
The Bank was besides awarded Bank of the Year (Nigeria) successful The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards for 2020, 2022 and 2024; Best Bank successful Nigeria from 2020 to 2022, 2024 and 2025, successful the Global Finance World’s Best Banks Awards; Best Bank for Digital Solutions successful Nigeria successful the Euromoney Awards 2023; and was listed successful the World Finance Top 100 Global Companies successful 2023.
Further recognitions see Best Commercial Bank, Nigeria, for 5 consecutive years from 2021 to 2025 successful the World Finance Banking Awards and Most Sustainable Bank, Nigeria, successful the International Banker 2023 and 2024 Banking Awards.
Additionally, Zenith Bank has been acknowledged arsenic the Best Corporate Governance Bank successful Nigeria successful the World Finance Corporate Governance Awards for 4 consecutive years from 2022 to 2025 and ‘Best successful Corporate Governance’ Financial Services Africa for 4 consecutive years from 2020 to 2023 by the Ethical Boardroom.
The Bank’s committedness to excellence saw it being named the Most Valuable Banking Brand successful Nigeria successful The Banker’s Top 500 Banking Brands for 2020 and 2021, Bank of the Year 2023 to 2025 astatine the BusinessDay Banks and Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards, and Retail Bank of the Year for 3 consecutive years from 2020 to 2022 and 2024 to 2025 astatine the BAFI Awards.
The Bank besides received the accolades of Best Commercial Bank, Nigeria and Best Innovation successful Retail Banking, Nigeria, successful the International Banker 2022 Banking Awards.
Zenith Bank was besides named Most Responsible Organisation successful Africa, Best Company successful Transparency and Reporting and Best Company successful Gender Equality and Women Empowerment astatine the SERAS CSR Awards Africa 2024; Bank of the Year 2024 by ThisDay Newspaper; Bank of the Year 2024 by New Telegraph Newspaper; and Best successful MSME Trade Finance, 2023 by Nairametrics. The Bank’s Hybrid Offer was besides adjudged ‘Rights Issue/ Public Offer of the Year’ astatine the Nairametrics Capital Market Choice Awards 2025.
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