{"id":44632,"date":"2020-11-12T21:22:36","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T20:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=44632"},"modified":"2020-11-12T21:22:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T20:22:36","slug":"firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/","title":{"rendered":"FirstBank&#8217;s Wins Global Finance  2020 Best Mobile Bank APP Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv4414387335MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria\u2019s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking application, FirstMobile, has been awarded the 2020\u00a0<\/span>Best Mobile Banking App award 2020 in the Global Finance Best Digital Bank Awards 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4414387335MsoNormal\">The achievement of this feat is largely attributable to the Bank\u2019s relative strength and success of its web products and services, notably FirstMobile.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4414387335MsoNormal\">Speaking on the 2020 Global Finance awards\u00a0Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher and editorial director of Global Finance said; \u201cThis year, a global pandemic accelerated the transition to digital banking, but forward-thinking banks were already on that road. The Digital Bank Awards hone in on the institutions that are leading the shift toward a new world of banking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4414387335MsoNormal\">According to Global Finance,\u00a0winning banks were selected based on various criteria, including strength of strategy for attracting and servicing digital customers, success in getting clients to use digital offerings, growth of digital customers, breadth of product offerings, evidence of tangible benefits gained from digital initiatives, and web\/mobile site design and functionality.\u00a0winners chosen from entries evaluated by a world-class panel of judges at Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing. The editors of Global Finance were responsible for the final selection of all winners.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"yiv4414387335MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">Appreciating the award on behalf of the Bank, Gbenga Shobo, Deputy Managing Director, FirstBank said \u201cthe Global Finance 2020 Best Mobile Banking App award is testament to our continuous commitment to putting our customers first which was demonstrated in our recent upgrade of the leading mobile banking application, FirstMobile.\u00a0<\/span>The upgrade on FirstMobile is designed to suit the social pattern and lifestyle of all our customers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4414387335MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">\u201cWe dedicate this award to all customers and appreciate Global Finance for the recognition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4414387335MsoNormal\">Only recently, Global Business Outlook awarded FirstMobile with the 2019 Best Mobile Banking App.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4414387335MsoNormal\">\n<\/p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria\u2019s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking application, FirstMobile, has been awarded the 2020\u00a0Best Mobile Banking App award 2020 in the Global Finance Best Digital Bank Awards 2020.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":24460,"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":[7759],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-44632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-first-bank-plc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>FirstBank&#039;s Wins Global Finance 2020 Best Mobile Bank APP Award - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria\u2019s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking ap\" \/>\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\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FirstBank&#039;s Wins Global Finance 2020 Best Mobile Bank APP Award - National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria\u2019s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking ap\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Wire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-12T20:22:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FirstBank-logo.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"677\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Friday Ekeoba\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\",\"name\":\"National Wire\",\"description\":\"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FirstBank-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FirstBank-logo.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":677},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/\",\"name\":\"FirstBank's Wins Global Finance 2020 Best Mobile Bank APP Award - National Wire\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-12T20:22:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-12T20:22:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927\"},\"description\":\"First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria\u2019s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking ap\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"FirstBank&#8217;s Wins Global Finance 2020 Best Mobile Bank APP Award\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927\",\"name\":\"Friday Ekeoba\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/friday\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"FirstBank's Wins Global Finance 2020 Best Mobile Bank APP Award - National Wire","description":"First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria\u2019s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking ap","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"FirstBank's Wins Global Finance 2020 Best Mobile Bank APP Award - National Wire","og_description":"First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria\u2019s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking ap","og_url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/","og_site_name":"National Wire","article_published_time":"2020-11-12T20:22:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":677,"url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FirstBank-logo.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Friday Ekeoba","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/","name":"National Wire","description":"About Nigerians, Nigerian Business and Other Stories","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FirstBank-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/FirstBank-logo.jpg","width":800,"height":677},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/","name":"FirstBank's Wins Global Finance 2020 Best Mobile Bank APP Award - National Wire","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2020-11-12T20:22:36+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-12T20:22:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927"},"description":"First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria\u2019s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced that its mobile banking ap","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/firstbanks-wins-global-finance-2020-best-mobile-bank-app-award\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"FirstBank&#8217;s Wins Global Finance 2020 Best Mobile Bank APP Award"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/#\/schema\/person\/e2ab303e561d755b325fc9cea3854927","name":"Friday Ekeoba","url":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/author\/friday\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44634,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44632\/revisions\/44634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44632"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=44632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}