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- 7 Sept 2015
Adeduntan to Take Over from Onasanya as First Bank Boss
First Bank of Nigeria Limited on Monday announced that its Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, would replace Mr. Bisi Onasanya as the Group Managing Director and…
- 5 Apr 2012
Valucard Metamorphoses into Unified Payments Company
ValuCard Nigeria Limited, foremost payment industry solutions provider has shed its toga to become a Unified Payment Services Limited. Bisi Onasanya, chairman, Board of Directors, Unified Payments®,…
- 18 Jun 2012
First Bank Signs MoU with NASSI
First Bank of Nigeria Plc has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) to support small- scale enterprises. According to Bisi Onasanya,…
- 18 Aug 2014
Western Union Partners First Bank on Outbound Service Launch
The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, has announced the launch of the outbound remittance service in Nigeria. Since the Western Union Money Transfer service was launched in…
- 19 Aug 2022
Glitz as AFRIMA Fetes Jurors at Annual Patron's Dinner
It was an exciting blend of glitz, glam and euphoria as the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) hosted its annual patron’s dinner with the jury members, held Wednesday, in Lagos, Nigeria. L-R: AFRIMA…
- 7 Jul 2015
FirstBank Partners Asian Banker on Retail Banking in West Africa
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable Banking Brand has partnered with the Asian Banker Magazine to host the West Africa International Retail Banking Dialogue 2015. The event which…
- 24 May 2015
CBN Grants Kakawa Discount House Merchant Banking licence
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved a merchant banking licence for First Bank Nigeria Holdings Plc, through its subsidiary, the Kakawa Discount House Ltd. Mr. Bello Maccido, FBN Holdings group…
- 10 Nov 2009
First Bank Records 32% Increase in Revenues
First Bank of Nigeria Plc has recorded a 32 percent increase in revenues from N96.6 billion to N128.1 billion for the six months ended 30 September 2009. The bank’s unaudited results presented…
- 21 Feb 2012
FirstBank Joins Forces with Telcos on Mobile Money Service
First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Nigeria’s financial powerhouse has penned Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three telecommunication companies to provide seamless mobile money services as part of the…
- 6 Feb 2012
FirstBank Holds 31% of Card Market, Poised for Cashless Regime
First Bank plc, Nigeria’s oldest commercial bank, said it was ready to fully implement the recently introduced ‘cash-less’ policy announced by the central bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the…
- 2 Jul 2012
Financial Inclusion: FirstBank Offers Single Digit Lending Rate to SMEs
First Bank of Nigeria Plc has extended single digit loans to entrepreneurs in partnership with the Nigeria Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI). The bank has since signed a Memorandum of…
- 13 Aug 2012
First Bank Introduces Card-Less ATM
First Bank of Nigeria Plc (FirstBank) has introduced a card-less Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Transfer service designed to ensure that people without bank accounts or payment cards can receive…
- 16 Nov 2012
FirstBank Hits 5m Verve Card Mark, Bags Award
FirstBank Plc has been awarded “Milestone Achievement Award” for hitting 5 million verve card issuance mark on the Interswitch network and the bank has dedicated the award to its customers. The bank…
- 10 Dec 2012
Removal of ATM Charges to Wait Till May Next Year
The removal of charges on Automated Teller Machine (ATM) for inter-bank withdrawals would only be possible from the second quarter of next year because enormous works are still required to implement…
- 4 Jun 2013
First Bank to Close 700 Branches for Software Upgrade
First Bank of Nigeria Plc which prides itself as the Nigeria’s bank of first choice is to shut down its 700 branches nationwide from Thursday (tomorrow) to Monday next week to enable it upgrade its…
- 11 Oct 2013
MainOne, 4 Banks Sign $100m Facility Agreement
MainOne, one of West Africa’s leading telecommunications services companies, has signed a $100 million financing facility agreement with Standard Chartered Bank, FirstBank, Skye and FCMB Bank. The…
- 2 Dec 2013
The New CBN Governor by Sanusi
Whoever will be picked by President Goodluck Jonathan to take over at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) must be able to develop the market, according to Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the apex…
- 3 Jan 2014
FirstBank Re-Certifies to IS027001 for Information Security
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has successfully recertified its processes to Information Security Management Systems ISO/IEC to 27001:2005 standard in its quest for sustained standards for information…
- 6 Jan 2014
Ministers, Bank Chiefs Jostle for Sanusi’s Job @ CBN
Mr. Olusegun Aganga, minister of Industry, Trade and Investment and Dr. Yerima Ngama, minister of State for Finance have reportedly joined the high-wired corporate cum political chess game to succeed…
- 12 Jan 2014
FG Considers Oduoza, UBA Boss, Others as Sanusi’s Successor
The federal government is considering a long list of eminent Nigerians to replace Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) whose tenure at the apex bank will run out this June,…
- 16 Jan 2014
FirstBank Achieves PCIDSS
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd has recently attained Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard certification (PCIDSS), as part of its efforts to continually maintain leading best practice and remain…
- 30 Jul 2014
First Bank Lauds OAU’s ‘Vigitab’ e-Learning Model
First Bank said it believes teaching and learning conducted through electronic media, such as laptops, tablet devices and mobile phones, typically via the internet is gradually gaining inroads into…
- 28 Sept 2010
FirstBank Appoints 5 Management Executives
The Board of Directors of FirstBank of Nigeria Plc (FirstBank) has made five key strategic appointments to its business operations in a bid to deepen specialization and service delivery as well as…
- 3 Feb 2015
FirstBank Expands African Footprint with FBNBank DR Congo
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings PLC and Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand hasunveiled FBNBank DR Congo, formerly registered as Banque Internationale de Credit (BIC). In…
- 6 Feb 2015
FirstBank Supports 6th Annual W/Africa Trade Commodity Conference
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, has thrown its weight behind the development of trade financing in Nigeria and beyond. This informs the collaborative effort with…
- 28 Feb 2015
First Bank Supports Local Content in Petrolog on Marine Vessel
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has given a boost to the capability of one of its corporate customers, Petrolog, by funding the acquisition of a brand new ABS classed Dynamic Positioning (DP2) Dive…
- 14 Apr 2015
FirstBank Expands African Footprint to Sierra Leone
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc and Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand has unveiled FBNBank Sierra Leone, formerly registered as International Commercial Bank (ICB).…
- 21 Sept 2010
FirstBank Bags ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Certification
First Bank of Nigeria Plc has received the prestigious ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) from the British Standard Institute (BSI), a leading organization in the field…
- 26 May 2015
FirstBank Re-elected to the Board of Advisors of PCI SSC
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand has reaffirmed its leadership position in corporate governance and risk management with its re-election into the Board of Advisors of…
- 27 May 2015
FirstBank Boosts Real Estate Finance with the Commissioning of Rainbow Estate
The President-Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari will tomorrow commission the first phase of the Rainbow Town upscale mixed use estate in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The very ambitious project, valued at…