NBC announces 1m/- ‘Cash in a Flash’ winner

The National Bank of Commerce (NBC) Ltd today announced the winner of the NBC Cash in a Flash competition, which was launched on 17 January 2005. Mr. Sume Silvan Kunambi, a customer with an account from NBC Bukoba Branch, accepted a cheque of Tsh 1 million, as grand prize for winning in the competition.

Speaking shortly after receiving the cheque at NBC Head Office in Dar es Salaam, Mr Kunambi, 35, a widower and employee of Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), said he will use the money to pay school fees for his two children aged five and two years.

“I am very delighted to be the winner. This is the highest prize of my life, Kunambi said. The customer praised NBC for its extensive ATM network, which provides Tanzanians in remote countryside equal access to modern banking services.

NBC, the longest established bank in Tanzania has 41 ATMs countrywide including Zanzibar offering the most convenient 24-hour banking service.

The three-month Cash in a Flash competition, which ended on April 18, 2005 aimed at encouraging the usage of ATMs and as a way of rewarding NBC customers for their loyalty.

“At NBC we understand the meaning of convenience banking, and we want to reward our customers for their loyalty and support,” says Johann de Wet, executive director of NBC Ltd.

Entry into the competition was automatic upon using any NBC ATM. All that NBC customers were required to do was withdraw cash at any of the Bank’ ATMs located throughout the country. The more the cash withdrawals made, the more chances of winning.

Every two weeks, five winners were chosen and rewarded with Tsh100,000 each. Each of the winners was contacted telephonically and the names displayed in all NBC branches. At the end of the competition the thirty winning customers were entered into a final draw where Mr. Kunambi walked away with the grand prize of Tsh1 million.