To date, BINE S.A benefits from the technical and financial support of UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, which has become the majority shareholder in 2004 with a share of more than 56,7%. This Nigerian bank ,financially very strong with a share capital of Naira 15 billions, that is about F CFA 45 billions, has almost 467 branches and eight (8) subsidiaries widely found on Nigerian territory with some subsidiaries outside Nigeria, viz UNION BANK UK, PLC in the United Kingdom, HFC BANK Limited in Ghana and BIBE S.A. It has been awarded four (4) times the bank prize of the year in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004 and once the excellency trophy of the best bank in Nigeria in 2006.
