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Nigeria\u2019s leading financial\u00a0inclusion\u00a0services provider,\u00a0First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced\u00a0that its *894#\u00a0Unstructured Supplementary Service Data\u00a0(USSD),\u00a0Quick\u00a0Banking service has hit\u00a0over\u00a09.5\u00a0million customers.\u00a0This is in clear demonstration of\u00a0its\u00a0acknowledged\u00a0leadership in electronic Banking.<\/p>\n

The Bank\u2019s USSD banking service, launched in January 2015, is an easy to use, convenient, fast, user-friendly mobile banking channel through which various banking activities are carried out on a mobile phone \u2013 across the four major GSM network operators in the country \u2013 without the use of the internet.<\/p>\n

Customers are able to enjoy a wide range of banking services using the Bank\u2019s *894# USSD banking. These services include; Data and Airtime top-up for self and third-party individuals, Quick Balance Enquiry, Fund Transfers, BVN Enquiry, BVN Linkage, Mini-statement, Account Number Enquiry, Account Opening, Merchant Payment and FirstAdvance loan service. The FirstAdvance loan service enables salary earners to take a loan up to 50% of their monthly salary.<\/p>

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In the words of Chuma Ezirim, FirstBank\u2019s Group Executive, e-Business & Retail Products, \u201cAt FirstBank, we are excited about the impact our innovative solutions are making in the Nigerian payment landscape. Our *894# USSD banking has been a viable platform through which we take our banking services to the doorstep of our customers, right on the palm of their hands, without the limitation of an internet connection. We remain committed to creating various avenues to enable Nigerians carry-out various financial activities conveniently, safely and securely anytime, anywhere in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nigeria\u2019s leading financial\u00a0inclusion\u00a0services provider,\u00a0First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced\u00a0that its *894#\u00a0Unstructured Supplementary Service Data\u00a0(USSD),\u00a0Quick\u00a0Banking service has hit\u00a0over\u00a09.5\u00a0million customers.\u00a0This is in clear demonstration of\u00a0its\u00a0acknowledged\u00a0leadership in electronic Banking.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":39090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[734],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-40074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-first-bank"],"yoast_head":"\nOver 9.5 Millions Nigerians Use FirstBank *895# USSD Banking Service - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/over-9-5-millions-nigerians-use-firstbank-895-ussd-banking-service\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Over 9.5 Millions Nigerians Use FirstBank *895# USSD Banking Service - 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