First Bank of Nigeria is a Nigerian bank and financial services firm. It is the country's third biggest bank. FirstBank has its headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria and international presence in London, United Kingdom; Paris, France; Johannesburg, South Africa; Beijing, China; Abu Dhabi, UAE; and Kinshasa, DR Congo.

The FirstBank Group is a well-diversified financial institution with subsidiaries involved in capital market operations, insurance services, investment banking and asset management, private equity/venture capital, pension fund custody management, registrar services, trusteeship, mortgage and microfinance banking.

Within the Bank, we are structured along corporate, institutional, private, public and retail banking customer segments, giving us the ability to drive deeper product penetration and develop sector expertise with relationship management based on a deep understanding of customer needs.

 

Vision  

"To be the clear leader and Nigeria's bank of first choice"

 

Mission               

"To remain true to our name by providing the best financial services possible"

 

Objectives:

• To revolutionize the Bank’s operations in line with the dynamics of the operating environment;
• To strengthen the bank’s brand, leverage and upscale the customers’ experience; and
• To project FirstBank as sophisticated and dynamic.
• Having been around for over a century, we realized there was the need to refocus and energize our brand in response to contemporary realities of the business environment.

 

The Bank is divided into four business units:

 

Retail and Corporate Banking: offering a range of retail, personal, commercial and corporate banking services and products

 

Investment and Capital Market Operation: offering investment and capital market services, as well as provides registrar services to both listed and private companies

 

Asset Management and Trusteeship: provides individuals and financial institutions with assets management and advisory services

 

Mortgage Banking: offers mortgage and home ownership banking services to individuals and corporate institutions

 

Other activities include insurance brokerage functions, private equity and venture capital, as well as bureau de change business functions. First Bank of Nigeria PLC operates through its 12 subsidiaries, including FBN Bank (UK) Limited, FBN Capital Limited and First Trustees Nigeria Limited and others.