The First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, will host an SME webinar themed “Rebuilding your Business” by 10am on Tuesday, 10 November 2020 via Zoom meetings.
The event is organised in collaboration with FBN Insurance Brokers and FBN Quest with its discussants including: Tunde Owolabi, Group Executive, Retail Banking (Lagos & West), FirstBank; Olumide Ibidapo, MD/CEO FBNInsurance Brokers and Ijeoma Agboti, Managing Director, FBNQuest Funds.
As a brand
committed to putting its stakeholders first, the SME Webinar is designed
to empower the participants and promises to provide ways to access
opportunities such as business financing, advisory, wealth preservation
and appropriate business coverage. These opportunities are essential
elements in the rebuilding and rebounding efforts, as well as safety of
businesses, towards their continued contribution to national
development.
Speaking on
the event, Mr. Gbenga Shobo, Deputy Managing Director, FirstBank said
“at FirstBank we identify with the indelible roles played by SMEs
towards the continued growth of the Nigerian economy as without a doubt,
they remain the engine of not just our economy but the global economy.”
“I
enjoin every business owner to participate in this event in order to be
enlightened with essential information to promote the safety and
economic security of their business, especially at this time’’
Only
recently, FirstBank partnered with the Lagos State Employment Trust
Fund (LSETF) in a matching fund scheme to cushion the impact of COVID-19
pandemic on low-cost private schools by ensuring lending at an
attractive interest rate.
Since
the start of the year, the Bank has held several SME events including;
an SME Business Clinic train that moved from Lagos to Abuja and
Port-Harcourt in February.
The
Bank later embarked on virtual SME-based events, in order to adhere to
the social distancing guideline essential to promoting the safety of
every participant in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. These SME based
webinars include SME Business Clinic in May as well as the SME Connect
webinar to promote the growth of education sector held in July amongst
others.
Interested participants are required to click here to register.
About FirstBank:
First
Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is the premier Bank in West Africa
and the leading financial inclusion services provider in Nigeria for
over 125 years.
With over
750 business locations and over 76,000 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 15 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.
The
Bank has been nimble at promoting digital payment in the country and
has issued over 10million cards, the first bank to achieve such
milestone in the country. FirstBank’s cashless transaction drive extends
to having more than 9million people on its USSD Quick Banking service
through the nationally renowned *894# Banking code and over 3 million
people on FirstMobile platform.
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’s 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.
FirstBank
has been named “Most Valuable Bank Brand in Nigeria” six times in a row
(2011 – 2016) by the globally renowned “The Banker Magazine” of the
Financial Times Group; “Best Retail Bank in Nigeria” for seven
consecutive years (2011 – 2017) by the Asian Banker International
Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards and “Best Bank in
Nigeria” by Global Finance for 15 years. Our brand purpose is to always
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 “To be the partner of first choice
in building your future”. Our brand promise is to always deliver the
ultimate “gold standard” of value and excellence. This commitment is
anchored on our inherent values of passion, partnership and people, to
position You First in every respect.
Folake Ani-Mumuney
Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications
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