FirstBank pledges to do more as Ojeabulu wins 61st Lagos Open Golf Championship

FirstBank of Nigeria Limited, sponsor of the yearly Lagos Open Golf Championship, has pledged its commitment to the continuous sponsorship of the tournament and other sporting activities across the country. FirstBank’s Chief Executive Officer, Adeola Adeduntan, who was represented by Executive Director, Chief Risk Officer, Olusegun Alebiosu, while speaking at the closing ceremony of the 61st edition of the tournament in Lagos, on Sunday, said it would continue to honour its commitment to the competition because the bank takes pride in sports. The tournament lived up to its rating as…

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FBNBank @40 appreciates customers, regulators

FBNBank UK, a subsidiary of FirstBank Group had London, the United Kingdom painted blue as it celebrated its 40th anniversary, themed Partnership Beyond Borders, on Friday, 11 November 2022. The event which had customers, members of government functionaries and the diplomatic community, regulators, and captains of industries in attendance, was convened to appreciate the patronage and support the Bank had received since it opened its doors in the United Kingdom 40 years ago. As key stakeholders, they were instrumental to establishing the Bank as an important gateway to connect international…

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FirstBank partners CFA Nigeria for Universities Ethics Challenge

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced its partnership with CFA Society Nigeria to host its annual flagship event, the Universities Ethics Challenge final, scheduled to hold at Radisson Blu Hotel, Victoria Island Lagos on Saturday, 29 October 2022. The Universities Ethics Challenge is designed to increase student’s awareness of the ethical dilemmas and issues they may face when they become finance and investment management professionals. During the Ethics Challenge, students are given adapted real-life ethics case studies to analyze and evaluate…

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FirstBank boosts customers’ businesses with bouquet of retail products

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its variety of retail products specifically designed to enhance the operations and sustenance of various businesses in the country. The products: Petroleum Dealership Finance (PDF), Operational Vehicle Finance (OVF) and Commercial Mortgage will strengthen the capacity of businesses to meet their immediate and long-term needs which are required to continually impact the socio-economic development of the country. Commercial Mortgage (CM) is designed to meet the funding needs of established small and medium-scale enterprises in viable businesses to acquire Business/Office Premises. This product is…

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FirstBank commemorates 2022 ‘Customer Service Week’

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced its commemoration of the 2022 edition of the Customer Service Week scheduled to be globally celebrated on 3 – 7 October 2022. The event themed: “Celebrating Service” will be marked across its FBNBank subsidiaries in over half a dozen countries which include FBNBank UK, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Senegal, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank DRC and FBNBank Sierra Leone. Customer Service Week is an international celebration that highlights the importance of customer service and staff who…

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FirstBank: The embodiment of corporate responsibility and sustainability

Who should corporate responsibility and sustainability lessons be taken from? Some companies are still unclear about the concept but latching onto the sustainability mantra anyway, because it has become a marketing buzzword for business? Or a company through whose creed and deeds, over the many decades it has been around, people can see corporate responsibility and sustainability lived (first) and preached (subsequently)? If the above set of questions constituted a question in an examination hall, it would be one of the easiest of questions to answer. Not one person would…

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FirstBank celebrates Youth Week to mark Int’l Youth Day

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its commemoration of the 2022 International Youth Day, globally celebrated today, 12 August 2022 and themed “Intergenerational solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages.” The International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August, bringing youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrating the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society. The Day also amplifies the message that action is needed across all generations to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and leave no one…

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FirstBank strengthens role in gender inclusion with single-digit loan for women

The FirstGem fund (FirstGem loan) is a single-digit loan scheme, exclusively designed to put women at an advantage in contributing to the socio-economic development of the country. The loan scheme covers female-owned or partnered SMEs in various sectors of the economy Launched in 2016, FirstGem has been impactful in driving financial inclusion, influencing women’s empowerment through gender-advancement programmes like savings culture, financial literacy, wealth management and building an investment portfolio. In furtherance of its role in promoting female entrepreneurship across the country, Nigeria’s premier banking institution and leading financial inclusion…

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FirstBank partners with Eloy Foundation to promote female-owned businesses

In furtherance of the need to empower female business owners across the country, The ELOY Foundation, in partnership with FirstBank presents the ELOY Foundation Business Shower, created to support female entrepreneurs on their journey to building sustainable businesses. The support from FirstBank will be carried out through the FirstGem loan scheme designed for female-owned or partnered MSMEs and its SMEConnect initiative. The partnership focuses on key sectors of the economy and is designed to have female entrepreneurs exposed to essential business skills like training, networking and the ELOY Foundation Business…

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FirstBank free e-learning facility targets 1m students

Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced that thousands of students have been signing up to access the e-learning solutions for free which is provided in partnership with Roducate and Lagos State Government. This is in furtherance to the Bank’s resolve to close the gap of the disruption in children education’s due to schools’ closure, following the COVID-19 pandemic.  The Roducate e-learning platform is structured in line with the government’s accredited curriculum for primary, secondary and tertiary schools across various fields of academic endeavours,…

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COVID19: FirstBank offers skeletal services in select branches

Following the directives for partial lockdown in several  States across the country, we will be offering skeletal services in some of our branches across the nation. These branches will be open from 9:00am to 2:00pm, Monday to Friday. We have implemented all necessary health and safety measures across these branches to keep you safe at all our locations. For the list of branches, please go to https://www.firstbanknigeria.com/list-of-open-branches-nationwide/ Our alternative channels are available for you 24/7 during this period. Thank you for your understanding at this period as we continue to work to put You…

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FirstBank wins 2019 Oil And Gas Banker award

First Bank of Nigeria Limited was recently presented with the Oil and Gas Banker of Year 2019 award at the Patrons’ Dinner and Industry Awards of the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit held recently at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. The four-day event, comprising conference and award dinner, is acclaimed to be Nigeria’s Government official platform for the petroleum industry gathering which has evolved to become Africa’s premier business and technology conference for not just oil and gas but for other industries in the economy, notably; maritime, automobile, banking and finance, power (electricity), pipelines, LNG, infrastructure,…

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