{"id":49410,"date":"2021-06-02T13:41:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=49410"},"modified":"2021-06-02T13:41:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:41:39","slug":"first-bank-plc-south-east-branches-fully-opened-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/first-bank-plc-south-east-branches-fully-opened-for-business\/","title":{"rendered":"First Bank Plc South-East Branches Fully Opened For Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Against the backdrop of regular skirmishes and attack on life and properties in the south east, First Bank Plc has continued to open for businesses to serve its customers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the bank&#8217;s management in a notice to the public on Wednesday, the information has become necessary to douse tension amongst its customers and other users of the bank for their seamless transition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is to inform the public that our South East branches are fully open for business. Please disregard any news making the rounds that is contrary to this&#8221;, it added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>About FirstBank<\/p>\n<p>First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is the premier Bank in West Africa and the leading financial inclusion services provider in Nigeria for over 127 years.<\/p>\n<p>With over 750 business locations and over 100,000 Banking Agents spread across 99% of the 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria, FirstBank provides a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services to serve its over 30 million customers. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank in the Republic of Congo, Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea, Sierra-Leone and Senegal, as well as a Representative Office in Beijing.<\/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>The Bank has been handy at promoting digital payment in the country and has issued over 10million cards, the first bank to achieve such a milestone in the country. FirstBank\u2019s cashless transaction drive extends to having more than 10million people on its USSD Quick Banking service through the nationally renowned *894# Banking code and over 4.5 million people on FirstMobile platform.<\/p>\n<p>Since its establishment in 1894, FirstBank has consistently built relationships with customers focusing on the fundamentals of good corporate governance, strong liquidity, optimised risk management and leadership. Over the years, the Bank has led the financing of private investment in infrastructure development in the Nigerian economy by playing key roles in the Federal Government\u2019s privatisation and commercialisation schemes. With its global reach, FirstBank provides prospective investors wishing to explore the vast business opportunities that are available in Nigeria, an internationally competitive world-class brand and a credible financial partner.<\/p>\n<p>FirstBank has been named \u201cMost Valuable Bank Brand in Nigeria\u201d six times in a row (2011 \u2013 2016) by the globally renowned \u201cThe Banker Magazine\u201d of the Financial Times Group; \u201cBest Retail Bank in Nigeria\u201d for seven consecutive years (2011 \u2013 2017) by the Asian Banker International Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards and \u201cBest Bank in Nigeria\u201d by Global Finance for 15 years. Our brand purpose is always to put customers, partners and stakeholders at the heart of our business, even as we standardise customer experience and excellence in financial solutions across sub-Saharan Africa, in consonance with our brand vision \u201cTo be the partner of the first choice in building your future\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Our brand promise is always to deliver the ultimate \u201cgold standard\u201d of value and excellence. This commitment is anchored on our inherent values of passion, partnership and people, to position You First in every respect.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Against the backdrop of regular skirmishes and attack on life and properties in the south east, First Bank Plc has continued to open for businesses to serve its customers.<!-- 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":25807,"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":[23,17],"tags":[576,7759,4789,4282],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-49410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-capital-market","tag-first-bank-plc","tag-south-east","tag-stock-market"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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