- First Bank recorded approximately 2.5 million withdrawals, amounting to N35bn across its ATMs over the last week alone.
- Larger corporate customers have conducted over 1,700 transactions worth N6.8bn on First Bank’s e-bills platform in the past week
- Nigerians with FirstBank cards used them 21 million times to make payments or withdrawals worth N268bn.
- First Bank customers have made transfers over 10 million times with a total value of about N615bn across our digital channels in the last week
- First Bank’s over 53,000 agents recorded 5 million transactions with differing values in the last week
Nigeria’s leading commercial bank First Bank said it will continue to show up for Nigeria and will not relent in enabling businesses and keeping commerce going among its customers.
The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Bank Dr Adesola Adeduntan stated this in his weekly address to the bank’s customer yesterday.
He said: “We are working tirelessly to ensure that your banking transactions continue seamlessly and will remain so; COVID-19 will neither slow us down nor defeat us. Expertise and resilience are in our DNA.
“We are holding up our side; and now more than ever we will uphold our promise to you to be here for you and put You First. Email us (firstcontact@firstbanknigeria.com), call your Relationship Manager or your Private Banker for whatever banking service you require as we remain accessible to help you throughout this lock down.”
He said the bank recognised its role in keeping the engine going, keeping society going and recognise further it is its responsibility to remain at the forefront of this.
“Our unparalleled network and total coverage of this nation serve us all well at this time ensuring service across the country via safe alternative channels are available for you 24/7.
“Rest assured that we are in this together and together, we will emerge stronger at the end of this period because this too shall pass.
“We have all it takes; your support, patronage and trust,” Adeduntan said.
