Union Bank’s headquarters is one of the tallest in Lagos, yet its age is showing. The contrast with the friendly and upbeat atmosphere at a bank such as Access is glaring.
At Union Bank, the hallways are filled with piles of disused furniture. In what looks like a storeroom, a painting of the building in prouder days lies neglected, propped up against a wall.
Before acknowledging Euromoney’s presence, Francis Barde, the bank’s main representative to international media, takes five minutes to finish an email, wearing his hardest Lagos scowl.
Yet even Barde is confident about the prospects of Union Bank, which was Barclays’ Nigeria unit until 1979 and has about 400 branches.
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