Type | Private |
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Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1984 |
Headquarters | TWED Plaza, Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero, Kampala, Uganda [1] |
Key people | Evelyn Kigozi Kahiigi Chairperson [2] Annet Nakawunde Mulindwa CEO [2] |
Products | Loans, savings |
(Aftertax) UGX:9.16 billion (US$2.588 million) (2021) [3] | |
Total assets | UGX:393.9 billion (US$111.3 million) (2021) [3] |
Number of employees | 610 (2015) |
Website | financetrust |
Finance Trust Bank (FTB), commonly called Finance Trust, is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator. [4]
The headquarters of FTB are located at TWED Plaza, Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero, in the Central Division of Kampala, Uganda's capital city. [1] The coordinates of the institution's headquarters are 0°19'18.0"N 32°34'35.0"E (Latitude:0.321667; Longitude:32.576389). [5]
FTB was founded in 1984 as Uganda Women's Finance Trust Limited. The objective was to provide financial services to low income people in Uganda, especially women. [6] [7] Sixty percent of the bank's customers are women. [8] Subsequently, the institution rebranded to Uganda Finance Trust Limited, a Tier III financial institution, recognized as a microfinance deposit-taking institution under the supervision of the Bank of Uganda. [9] On 11 November 2013, the Bank of Uganda granted the bank a full commercial banking license. The institution then rebranded to its current name. [10]
As of 31 December 2021, FTB serviced over 500,000 savers and over 29,000 borrowers through a network of 34 interconnected branches, located in all regions of the country. The bank's total customer deposits were UGX:183.4 billion (US$51.8 million). At that time, the bank's total assets were valued at UGX:393.9 billion (approx. US$111.3 million), with shareholders' equity of UGX:61.2 billion (approx. US$17.29 million). [3]
The stock ownership of the institution as of May 2018 is summarized in the table below. [11]
Rank | Name of Owner | Percentage Ownership |
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1 | Uganda Women's Trust (Uganda) | 20.10 |
2 | Oikocredit Ecumenical Development Cooperative Society (Netherlands) | 19.60 |
3 | Progression Eastern African Micro Finance Equity Fund (Mauritius) | 18.30 |
4 | RIF North 1 (Mauritius) | 18.30 |
5 | Investment & Partner Afrique Entrepreneurs (Mauritius) | 14.20 |
6 | Ugandan Women Entrepreneurs (Uganda) | 9.50 |
Total | 100.0 | |
As of April 2022, FTB maintained a network of 34 interconnected branches at the following locations: [12]
Evelyn Kigozi Kahiigi is the chairperson of the board of directors. She is one of the non-executive directors of the bank. There are ten other board members, including Annet Nakawunde Mulindwa, the managing director, and Annette Kiggundu is the only other executive director on the board. [2]
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