Fidelity Bank Receives Customs Service Award for Pioneering Function in UCMS Implementation

Fidelity Bank’s management in digital innovation and public sector collaboration has as soon as once more been spotlighted because the tier-one lender was honoured on the Comptroller Common of Customs Award Night time 2025.

On the ceremony, which passed off on the Transcorp Hilton Resort Grand Ballroom, Abuja, on Friday, 21 November 2025, Fidelity Bank was offered with a prestigious award by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) for being the primary financial institution to efficiently course of Customs Obligation and the Pre-Arrival Evaluation Report (PAAR) on the Unified Customs Administration System (UCMS).

The award, offered beneath the management of the Comptroller Common of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi (MFR), serves as a proper recognition of the financial institution’s “Distinctive Efficiency and Dedication to the Beliefs and Imaginative and prescient of the Nigeria Customs Service.”

Receiving the award on behalf of the financial institution, the Govt Director, FCT & North, Mr. Sufiyanu Garba, said, “This award is a testomony to our dedication to operational excellence and our resolve to assist the digital transformation of Nigeria’s commerce and customs ecosystem. We’re proud to be on the forefront of this historic milestone and stay devoted to delivering progressive options that drive Nigeria’s financial growth.”

The financial institution’s fast adoption of the UCMS stems from its imaginative and prescient for a really seamless and borderless African commerce. Earlier this 12 months, the financial institution formally launched the Pan-African Cost and Settlement System (PAPSS), following a profitable onboarding and over N46 billion in early transactions. PAPSS allows immediate, native forex cross-border funds throughout Africa, significantly benefiting SMEs. By integrating PAPSS into its core operations, Fidelity Bank continues to dismantle commerce limitations, empower companies, and develop its affect throughout the continent.

This newest recognition by the Nigeria Customs Service provides to Fidelity Bank’s spectacular streak of achievements in 2025, together with its double win as “Greatest Financial institution for Export & Commerce Finance” and “Most Modern Financial institution of the 12 months” on the BusinessDay Financial institution and Different Monetary Establishments’ (BAFI) Awards. These accolades underscore the financial institution’s dedication to empowering companies, driving innovation, and supporting Nigeria’s financial development. The Comptroller Common of Customs Award additional affirms Fidelity Bank’s pivotal position in modernizing commerce processes and aligning with the Federal Authorities’s digital transformation agenda.

Ranked among the many greatest banks in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc is a full-fledged Industrial Deposit Cash Financial institution serving over 9.1 million clients by means of digital banking channels, its 255 enterprise workplaces in Nigeria and United Kingdom subsidiary, FidBank UK Restricted.

The Financial institution is a recipient of a number of native and worldwide Awards, together with the 2024 Excellence in Digital Transformation & MSME Banking Award by BusinessDay Banks and Monetary Establishments (BAFI) Awards; the 2024 Most Modern Cellular Banking Software award for its Constancy Cellular App by World Enterprise Outlook, and the 2024 Most Modern Funding Banking Service Supplier award by World Manufacturers Journal. Moreover, the Financial institution was acknowledged because the Greatest Financial institution for SMEs in Nigeria by the Euromoney Awards for Excellence and because the Export Financing Financial institution of the 12 months by the BusinessDay Banks and Monetary Establishments (BAFI) Awards.