First Bank of Nigeria Limited (“FirstBank”), established in 1894, is the premier Bank in West Africa, Nigeria’s oldest number one banking brand and one of the leading financial services solutions providers in Nigeria.

FirstBank had 1.3 million shareholders globally, was quoted on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), where it was one of the most capitalised companies and also had an unlisted Global Depository Receipt (GDR) programme, all of which were transferred to its Holding Company, FBN Holdings (Now FirstHoldCo), in December 2012.

Building on its solid foundation, the Bank has consistently broken new ground in the domestic financial sector for over a century and three decades. FirstBank is present in the United Kingdom and France through its subsidiary, FirstBank (UK) Limited with branches in London and Paris; and in Beijing with its Representative Offices there. In October 2011, the Bank acquired a new subsidiary, Banque International de Credit (BIC), one of the leading banks in the Democratic Republic of Congo now known as FirstBank DRC. In November 2013, FirstBank acquired ICB (now FirstBank) in The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana and Guinea, and in 2014, the Bank acquired ICB (now FirstBank) in Senegal. These were major landmarks in its plan for growing its sub-Saharan African footprints.