Founded in 1990, Zenith Bank is licensed as a commercial bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria. With $16.1bn in total assets and shareholders' equity of $854 million, it is listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange. The bank has over 500 branches and business offices across Nigeria, as well as subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia. Known for its innovative use of technology, Zenith Bank is a market leader in e-Banking and has a reputation for deploying state-of-the-art technologies in banking. It has a shareholder base of about one million and is currently Nigeria's largest bank by tier-1 capital.