Diamond Bank PLC is set to launch a more interactive mobile website that will help customer fast-track banking activities online and on their mobile phone.

In recent times Nigerian banks have had it tough with the current banking reforms which have culminated in mass sack of bank workers. However, in the heat of the reforms, several banks are sailing well in the industry’s troubled waters.

Diamond Bank one of the banks that survived the sledge hammer of the Central Bank reform is making the mobile website available to enable its customers’ hassle free banking.

With this facility installed the bank becomes the first Nigerian bank with to deploy highly interactive Recently, Diamond Bank completed an arrangement to launch its mobile website to the general public, becoming the first bank in Nigeria to deploy such facility.

According to Head of Corporate Affairs of the bank, Charles Udoh, who revealed that “as part of our tradition of exploring new and better ways of delivering quality customer service to our numerous customers, we are delighted to announce that our new mobile website, which was designed to enhance our customers’ access to our online services is now live and running”.

He went on that “the mobile website solution will make room for easy access to the website from mobile phone browsers, it’s a totally new experience and I urge everyone to visit our website from any internet – enabled mobile phone to have a feel of the new experience”, he said.

However, the Apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria recently announced the appointment of ten executive directors in three banks. Bank PHB, Spring Bank, and the Equatorial Trust Bank plc whose former Executive Directors were sacked in the phase II of the Apex Bank’s intervention in the banking industry which was almost in a collapsing state now have fresh men in the saddles. The former helmsmen were alleged of breaching corporate governance principles which compromised the financial positions of the bank leaving them in grave liquidity situation.

In a statement signed by Head of Corporate Affairs of the Central Bank, Mr. Mohammed Abdulahi, “the move was in consonance with the on-going banking reforms pursuant to the powers rested in him by section 35 (2) of the Banks and other Financial Institutions Act”.

The Apex bank had on 2nd October 2009 relieved three banks CEOs of their jobs and injected N200 Billion though chairman of the Equatorial Trust Bank, Chief Mike Adenuga who was earlier asked to quit from the bank’s board was later reinstated after he allegedly offered to shore up the liquidity position of the bank.