Through its two-year « Diaspora Banking » offer, Equity Bank Congo crosses borders. And this, as part of its vision of being the champion of the socio-economic prosperity of Congolese and inclusive banking.

This offer is a distinctive set of products and services designed primarily to meet the needs of Congolese living abroad.
Indeed, three promotional sessions of this « Diaspora Banking » offer were organized this Saturday, May 11, 2019 at the Sofitel in Brussels under the theme: « Build a wealth in your home in the DRC. »

Several Congolese living in Belgium took part in this series of activities which gave the opportunity to Equity Bank Congo to raise awareness of people from the Congolese diaspora who have and / or aspire to have projects to realize in their countries including in the real estate, trade, agriculture, breeding, in short in various business.

« Our diaspora offer brings innovative financial solutions and concrete support especially in the real estate project. It also brings security and profitability to investments. The bank is also concerned about the savings of the Congolese diaspora to support their future goals at attractive interest rates. Through this service, the sending of funds to families in Congo becomes less complicated and less expensive », said an official statement from the bank reached Zoom Eco.

Partial view of the participants of the conference of this Saturday, May 11, 2019 in Brussels.

It is to meet the specific needs of this diaspora that Equity Bank Congo has told its interlocutors in Brussels to have developed a service of size in order to prepare their return home. Celestin Mukeba, chief executive of this pan-African bank, believes it is time to support Congolese living abroad to create small and medium enterprises that will give employment to the population, the DRC being in his favor investment.

« We are thinking more about the future of our country. However, diaspora funds are mainly used for family consumption and for individual investments in the countries of origin. Our goal as a business leader is to develop the country’s economy. With this service, we will increase the financial flow and give a positioning to Congolese living abroad in the country. I can say that we have good banking services for any investor. We believe in our potential to prosper the Congo », he said.

This solution provided by Equity Bank Congo meets the need to find reliable partners, transparent, able to understand their expectations and finance them to materialize their project.

Allusion made, for example, to site monitoring solutions, securing the funds allocated to the project especially as many who send funds to people including members of their families. However, the probability that 100% of these funds actually go into the real estate project is sometimes low.

To Ms. Menayame, Marketing, Communication and Media Manager, to clarify: « Equity Bank Congo’s Diaspora Banking offer enables Congolese living abroad to have a local Equity Bank account and manage their finances remotely. at Online Banking. There is no need to take a plane to open a physical bank account in the DRC. Thanks to our diaspora accounts, Congolese abroad will manage and control their funds, which they transfer to their families. « 

In an effort to increase the rate of financial inclusion in DR Congo and to demystify the bank in the eyes of the Congolese population, Equity Bank Congo claims to continue to develop several technological innovations and to sign several partnerships to do so.

Emilie MBOYO