United Bank for Africa

found: Monthly business & economic digest, Jan./Feb. 1996:t.p. (United Bank for Africa, PLC, Lagos, Nigeria; UBA)

found: Its The lion king, Jan./Mar. 2010:cover (an in-house publication of the United Bank for Africa Group) p. 1, etc. (UBA, UBA staff, UBA brand [the publication is devoted to the bank and its activities, with no mention of the group as an entity])

found: Its Website, viewed 1 November 2010:"Group" section/ "Our history" page (at head of page:"About the Group." Today's United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is the product of the merger of Nigeria's third (3rd) and fifth (5th) largest banks, namely the old UBA and the erstwhile Standard Trust Bank Plc (STB) respectively, and a subsequent acquisition of the erstwhile Continental Trust Bank Limited (CTB) [no publs. in LC database]. UBA's history dates back to 1948 when the British and French Bank Limited ("BFB") [no publs. in LC database] commenced business in Nigeria and the erstwhile STB and CTB both in 1990. Following Nigeria's independence from Britain, UBA was incorporated in 1961 to take over the business of BFB. Today, United Bank for Africa Plc is one of Africa's leading financial institutions offering universal banking to more than 7 million customers across 750 branches in 16 African countries. UBA is your partner for banking services for Africans and African related businesses globally. [Nowhere, in a page of description, is the term "Group" mentioned.])

found: The power of vision : insights on Tony Elumelu, 2010:page 6 (UBA Plc) page 7 (United Bank for Africa plc) page 15 (Tony Elumelu's merger of Standard Trust Bank and United Bank for Africa, the first of its kind on the continent, laid the foundations for a Pan-African banking institution with over 700 branches and a presence in 16 African countries; UBA) back dust jacket flap (in 1997 Elumelu led a group of investors who acquired a distressed bank, rebranded it as Standard Trust Bank (STB), and transformed it into a top five player in the Nigerian banking sector; in August 2005 he concluded the STB/UBA merger, resulting in today's UBA; UBA has since been transformed from a single country focused bank into a pan-African institution)

[The term "Group", as in United Bank for Africa Group, appears to represent the management of the bank's various functions. It is used interchangeably with United Bank for Africa, in its publications and on the Bank's Website (ubagroup.com). There is no evidence that the "Group" is a separate organization overseeing the bank as well as other businesses.]