Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) has launched a social banking platform, which allows customers to meet their needs on Facebook. The first of its kind in the country, the paltform allows members of the public to open GTBank accounts and get customer service support on Facebook.
Speaking with reporters, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of GTBank, Mr Segun Agbaje, said the bank’s objective is to engage the public where they work, live or play, adding that the new service would enable those on the social media to have a relationship and carry out transactions.
Agbaje said: “This novel service at present allows people open GTBank accounts and get customer service support on Facebook and in a couple of weeks, we will introduce new service options that include money transfers, airtime purchases and bills payments.”
He said GTBank’s commitment is for the convenience of its stakeholders, saying that the bank would continue to introduce value adding alternative channels in the future.

He said: “ has over one million followers on Facebook; the largest for any African Bank. Additionally, the bank recently introduced GTBank Mobile Money, a highly secure application that allows customers and non GTBank customers perform transfers and payments from their mobile phones to any mobile phone subscriber within the country.
“Furthermore, the bank’s internet banking platform is one of the most robust in the industry, supporting a wide array of service offerings that include bills payments, own and third party transfers and foreign exchange transfers to any bank account in the world,”

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oneangle: gtb my yash

I don't know why you are so addicted to that Union Bank..

Ya that's why i like GTB they always bring out something new, and easy.
I luv GTB

What's the name of the site;>

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Good work!

that is my bank

Withdrawing my funds GTB Immediately b4 the start deducting #100 monthly social services subscribtion

skyebank too is out. watch out!!!!!!!

Guguru Bank of Nigeria Is working Nice one GTB

Nyc 1...*thumbs up*

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Shareholder

Off to spam them, maybe now they will reverse my 15k wey dem machine swallow since last year

Ok. I don hear!

Orange till i die!!!!!

Dermie:

Shareholder

100 units

HNosegbe:

100 units

as in 100 macroUNITS?

GTB is Nigeria's Most Innovative Bank.

Lets see how long they can maintain their current status b4 they gas out... as for me, i rep. union bank for good. old but still moving!

Topic is misleading.

nice move, bt b honest nd tel us wot we ought to do? As in, ur cut of d cake

nice move, bt be honest nd tel wot we(customer) ought b gain nd ur(banks) cut.

I pray they wont start to they do one kin...

This ain't a platform.

Facebook is the platform.

What they're launching better described as an app.

Innovation is always good especially in today's world [innovate or die]

let them money begging campaign girls begin. hurray... beggars have been unleashed. now u can beg for everything u can think of, now nigerian girls can ask u to buy them anything now so no excuse of my ATm card is not with me. they will even give u the website where u can place the order