In
response to the demands and service satisfaction to its customers, MegaBank,
last Thursday inaugurated an outlet at Sinchu Alagie, Kombo North.
Alagie
Salieu Ceesay, Alkalo of Sinchu Alagie said the community has witnessed drastic
transformation since its establishment in 1967, during which no one would be
bold to travel to Serrekunda alone due to the thickness of the forest.
“If
we have to go up to 2019 with the establishment of gas stations and banks, that
is a great achievement and MegaBank is the first bank in Sinchu Alagie even
though there is a bank whose location is addressed as Sinchu Alagie but it is
not found in the boundaries of Sinchu Alagie,” he added.
Aisha
Jawara, staff of MegaBank said the bank is one of the oldest banks in The
Gambia, saying that they have full service commercial bank focusing their
primary objective in delivering reliable and convenient banking services to
their customers.
“Megabank
is a highly capitalized bank with very strong funding base, a strong and
dedicated workforce and operates under five branch-network across the greater
Banjul area, including the newly inaugurated outlet,” she stated.
She
explained that over the years, the bank has made predominantly a name in the
banking industry while assuring that the bank is 100% Gambian and therefore
belongs to everyone.
The
bank’s Bakau branch Manager and head of the Sinchu Alagie outlet, Sally
Sarr-Ceesay said the new outlet is geared towards easing banking for their
customers and keeping with their promise to bring banking at the doorstep of
every Gambian.
“Customers
can enjoy 24hours banking with us by using cash and deposit services, receive
Western Union, transfers, REA and Small World, at the newly inaugurated outlet
or any of our branches,” she said.
Mrs.
Sarr-Ceesay said with the MegaBank mobile bank, their customers enjoy banking
on their mobile phones, on computers and at a crush of a finger, they can be
able to pay bills, transfer funds within and to other banks, buy cash power and
view activities on their accounts using the mobile app.
“We
offer services to our customers like the SMS alert, pension account and Gambians
in the diaspora account to effectively manage their fund by giving instructions
from their base in abroad. Parents and guidance can also open their account to
save for their children’s education up to university,” she added.
Buba
Sanyang, the bank’s head of finance said in Gambia banking industry today,
MegaBank is number four out of the twelve banks in the country, in terms of
capitalization, saying that is a very commendable achievement.
“Banking
is not just about the spread or where your location are but has more to do with
service delivery and at MegaBank, we take service delivery very seriously which
would be known to our customers when they visit the outlet,” he said.
