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- 9 Nov 2018
First Bank launches chat banking on WhatsApp
First Bank of Nig. Plc on Friday launched a WhatsApp application to make banking more convenient for its 12.5 million customers. The FirstBank Chat Banking on WhatsApp was launched at the…
- 30 Jun 2023
First Bank Launches First Humanoid Robot
First Bank has launched a Humanoid Robot in it’s state-of-the-art self-service branch at Adetokunbo Ademola VI, Lagos called Digital Experience Center. Humanoid robots are professional service robots…
- 30 Dec 2018
First Bank Extends Agency Banking Network
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has extended its agency banking network to 14 major markets and business points across Bayelsa, Cross River and Delta states through a campaign. The bank said in…
- 27 Jan 2020
First Bank Wins Best Mobile Banking App, Fastest Growing Retail Bank Awards
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has been named 2019 “Best Mobile Banking App” and “Fastest Growing Retail Bank” winner by Global Business Outlook. The Global Business Outlook Award recognises and…
- 2 Aug 2018
First Bank Launches Chat Banking on WhatsApp
Determined to ensure effective service to its customers, First Bank of Nigeria on Thursday unveiled its chat banking on WhatsApp. Mr Chuma Ezirim, the bank’s Group Head, E-Business, said the…
- 19 Oct 2009
First Bank, Others to Raise N1.2 Trillion
First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Diamond Bank, Zenith Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, are set to float N1.2 trillion bonds from the nation's capital market. First Bank of Nigeria has concluded plans to…
- 3 Jan 2019
First Bank Extends Agent Banking In Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta
As a part of efforts to deepen Financial Inclusion in Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria Limited extended the Agent Banking campaign to 14 major markets and business points across Bayelsa, Cross River…
- 18 Jun 2025
First Bank Spends N15Bn to Guard Systems against Hackers in 5 Months –CEO
First Bank HoldCo Plc has disclosed that it spent over ₦15 billion to protect its banking systems from cyberattacks between January and June this year, as digital threats to financial institutions…
- 9 Dec 2013
Interswitch Powers First Bank Loyalty Rewards Scheme
Interswitch Transnational, a leading pan-African integrated payments company with operations in Nigeria and a growing presence in West and East Africa, announces that it is offering an…
- 9 Sept 2024
Sterling Bank Pioneers Africa’s First Indigenous Core Banking System
Sterling Bank Limited, has made history by migrating to what is believed to be the continent’s first-ever indigenous core banking solution called SeaBaaS. The implementation of SeaBaaS, developed by…
- 18 Aug 2022
First Bank Appoints Iyamabo as Executive Director
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the appointment of Mr. Patrick Iyamabo as an Executive Director. The appointment is subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a…
- 30 Jun 2016
AfDB Approves Facilities for First Bank, FSDH Merchant Bank
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved $300-million and $50-million Trade Finance Loans to First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) and FSDH Merchant Bank Nigeria (FSDH),…
- 26 Aug 2018
Police Arrests First Bank Lawyer over Alleged Bank Loan Forgery
Chuks Dibiaezue, a lawyer who allegedly forged mortgage loan agreement on behalf of the First Bank PLC has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police, FCT Command. The arrest followed a…
- 31 Mar 2017
First Bank MD Warns Against Home Banking
Dr Adesola Adeduntan, Managing Director of First Bank Nigeria has advised Nigerians who have resorted to home banking to cultivate the habit of saving their monies in the conventional bank for future…
- 19 Sept 2024
Sterling Bank Adopts Africa’s First Indigenous Core Banking Solution
Sterling Bank Limited has migrated to what is believed to be the continent’s first ever indigenous core banking solution called SeaBaaS. The implementation of SeaBaaS, developed by Peerless, marks…
- 22 Sept 2008
First Inland Bank Boosts Productivity with New Messaging Platform
First Inland Bank has announced the adoption of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 as part of its commitment to simplifying the work process and increasing productivity. First Inland Bank has a…
- 14 Aug 2014
First Bank Bows Labour Union, Releases N1.8Bn Debt
Picketing of First Bank Headquarters in Lagos had yielded fruits with bank paying the N1.8 billion owed Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service, Technical and Recreational…
- 22 Sept 2008
First Bank Supports ComBIT 2008 Expo
First Bank of Nigeria Plc, a leader in the Nigerian banking sector, has thrown its weight behind ComBIT 2008 Expo the annual international communications, business systems and information technology…
- 26 Dec 2024
Access Bank Plc Emerges First Nigerian Bank to Exceed CBN’s N500bn Regulatory Threshold
Access Holdings Plc has successfully closed its N351 billion Rights Issue, gaining approvals from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 4 Nov 2020
First Bank Bags Global Finance 2020 Best Mobile Bank App Award
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking application, FirstMobile, has been awarded the 2020 Best Mobile Banking App award…
- 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…
- 6 Jun 2018
WorldRemit Partners First Bank to Expand Remittance Services
Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has partnered First Bank, Nigeria's largest bank, to enable users in more than 50 countries to send instant money transfers direct to all 14 million First…
- 1 Jun 2024
First Bank Employee on the Run after Allegedly Diverting N40Bn
First Bank of Nigeria has initiated legal proceedings to recover substantial sums of money allegedly embezzled by an employee. The bank, which boasts a market capitalization of ₦829 billion, reported…
- 17 Nov 2009
First Bank Plans $3.3 Billion Merger
First Bank of Nigeria has announced its intention for international acquisitions and merger, even as the bank said talks are on ground for international deals. This is coming even as the Central Bank…
- 13 Jun 2019
Bank Manager Arraigned for Allegedly Stealing First Bank’s N52.6m
Kehinde Adewuyi, a customer relationship manager with First Bank of Nigeria has been arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court for allegedly converting the sum of N52,628,000 from his…
- 16 Oct 2013
First Bank Promotes Sports, Donates N44m for Facilities
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. in its bid to strengthen sports development and enhance student health and wellbeing through physical recreational activities in secondary schools has donated sporting…
- 13 May 2016
EFCC Quizzes First Bank Chief over Bank Transactions
FBN Holdings Plc, Nigeria’s biggest lender by assets, said one of its directors was invited and questioned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as part of a wider probe into alleged…
- 21 Apr 2017
First Bank Committed to Revamping of FirstMobile to Boost Convenience
First Bank of Nigeria has said that the bank would continue to revamp its mobile banking application, FirstMobile, to boost convenience and ease of banking. The bank stated this in a statement in…