Olusegun Alebiosu, the executive director of FirstBank Group, has been appointed as its acting managing director with immediate effect. The bank made this announcement on Sunday through a statement by its Acting Company Secretary, Adewale Arogundade. The former Managing Director,…
FirstBank’s A.I.T.E 2023 sponsorship in New York strengthens African trade ties
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, a trailblazer in the Nigerian financial sector, recently took a significant step towards fostering foreign direct investment in Africa by sponsoring the Africa International Trade Exhibition (A.I.T.E 2023) in New York. The two-day event, which…
FirstBank: A triumphant return to the Nigerian banking frontline
The story of Corporate Nigeria in 2022, cannot be complete without a chapter on the incredible performance of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, which saw the hitherto encumbered bank now returning to the top of the ladder of the Nigerian…
FirstBank, CDC/BII partner to support women, small business owners with $100m credit facility
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced its partnership with CDC Group, the UK Government’s development finance institution on a US$100 million finance facility to FirstBank. This new facility, according to a…
FirstBank deepens financial inclusion with largest agent banking network, empowers SMEs
At present, there are over 86,000 banking agents across 772 out of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, a demonstration of FirstBank’s commitment to deepening financial inclusion and ensuring the unbanked are adequately catered for. In an interview with…
Making of a CSR Masterstroke: An X-ray of FirstBank’s yeoman effort to move 1m children to e-learning
The rabbit hole of uncertainty, confusion and fear that pupils and their parents fell into in the dying days of March when the country was in lockdown was best captured in a Saturday Sun feature of May 16, titled, “COVID-19: Troubles of…
FirstBank’s CEO Adesola Adeduntan bags Forbes Best of Africa award
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Dr Adesola Adeduntan, has been honoured with the Forbes Best of Africa Award. The award presentation was held on Friday, 11 September 2020 at a virtual event by…
Adesola Adeduntan, CEO, FirstBank – How to do well by doing good
I travel to meet Dr Adesola Adeduntan in Edinburgh, where he has been invited to give a keynote address at the Edinburgh School of Business about the role of financial institutions in driving financial inclusion. Fittingly, as you land in…
Ethical Finance Conference: FirstBank’s Adesola Adeduntan joins other global finance practitioners in Edinburgh
The Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan participated in the 2019 Global Leaders Interactive panel session of the 2019 Ethical Finance Conference held on 8 – 9 October 2019 at RBS Conference Centre, 175 Glasgow…
FirstBank’s Adesola Adeduntan bags ‘Best Chief Executive Officer’ award
The Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank), Dr. Adesola Adeduntan has been adjudged the ‘Best Chief Executive Officer’ of the year at the Digital Innovation and Excellence awards, held recently in Accra, Ghana. The awards, which climaxed…