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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="mailto:info@bulls.co.zw"><img border=0 width=626 height=618 src="cid:image001.jpg@01D78ABA.0E3C1E10" align=left hspace=12 title="" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_1"></a><![endif]><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Press Statement:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'> <b>BancEasy Microfinance Launches Digital Civil Servant “Easy” Loans <o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=Default style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Harare-BancEasy Zimbabwe, the microfinance subsidiary of BancABC has today unveiled its new digital civil servant loans product. The launch of the new digital offering is another giant step in the bank’s aggressive digital transformation agenda which commenced last year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>BancEasy, is a registered microfinance which was incorporated in 2012 and is part of the ABC Zimbabwe Holdings Group. This microfinance unit offers salary and product-based loans to individuals. With the launch of the digital loans, civil servants will now be able to apply for loans on their mobile phone via the *243# USSD platform in a few minutes, streamlining a process that previously had a 24 to 48-hour turnaround time. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Speaking at the launch, BancEasy MD Arthur Murahwa stated, “We are pleased to have reached this digitization milestone which we expect to increase convenience for the hundreds of civil servants we service. These loans are an addition to the current list of BancEasy loans such as pay day and school fees loans. We are also looking forward to offering our nano loans product to all Zimbabweans in the near future.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>BancEasy has also unveiled its website to provide customers with information on the its product range and useful financial tools such as a live loan calculator that assists a borrower in calculating monthly repayments and improves financial planning prior to borrowing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>ABC Holdings CEO, Dr. Lance Mambondiani said, “The ABC Holdings Zimbabwe Group is continuing with its drive to rapidly digitize its products and services to increase convenience to our customers. The launch of the Digital Civil Servant Loans by BancEasy is an example of our commitment to reduce friction in the way customers interact with our services. The digital loan application process will increase convenience to civil servants who previously had to travel to our branches to initiate this process.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>“Several digital platforms have been launched in the past year under the respective ABC Holdings Zimbabwe subsidiaries. These include Internet banking, WhatsApp Banking and the A360 Mobile App launched under BancABC. Under the ABC Stockbrokers unit, services were added to the C-Trade platform which allows ordinary people to buy shares online. “Our objective as a Group is to provide universal access to financial services for the convenience of each and every Zimbabwean” stated Dr. Lance Mambondiani in his closing remarks at the Digital Civil Servant Loans product launch.</span><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'> <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Invest Wisely!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Bulls n Bears </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Telephone: <a href="tel:%2B263%2077%20344%201674" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>+263 77 344 1674</span></a> | +27 71 544 4769<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Alt. Email: <a href="mailto:info@bulls.co.zw"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>info@bulls.co.zw</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Website: <a href="http://www.bullszimbabwe.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.bullszimbabwe.com</span></a><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Blog: </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.<a href="https://bullszimbabwe.com/category/blogs/"><span style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW;text-decoration:none'>bullszimbabwe.com/category/blogs/</span></a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Twitter: @bullsbears2010<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>LinkedIn: Bulls n Bears Zimbabwe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Facebook: <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBullsBearsZimbabwe&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGhb_A5rp4biV1dGHbgiAhUxQqBXA" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.facebook.com/BullsBearsZimbabwe</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'>Skype: Bulls.Bears <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img border=0 width=554 height=270 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.png@01D78AB9.D9F05C70" alt="cid:image003.png@01D70F49.B9215E40"></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:115%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>