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44,000 Financial Inclusion agents: FirstBank wins Best Mobile Banking App, Fastest Growing Retail Bank Awards

&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;01&sol;FirstBank--1024x866&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-2284"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">First Bank of Nigeria Limited&comma; premier Bank in West Africa and over 125 years as the region’s foremost financial inclusion services provider&comma; has been named 2019 &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Best Mobile Banking App” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Fastest Growing Retail Bank” winner  by Global Business Outlook&period; The Global Business Outlook Award recognises and rewards excellence in business in companies across the world&comma; both in the public and private sectors&period; The award rewards innovation&comma; creativity and the drive to create value&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A statement from the bank signed by Folake Ani-Mumuney&comma; Group Head&comma; Marketing and Corporate Communication and made available to OpenLife stated that FirstBank earned the Fastest Growing Retail Bank recognition because of its leading role in promoting financial inclusion in the country&comma; a drive which has resulted in its 44&comma;000 Agent Banking network designed to complement the provision of bespoke financial services at its over 750 branches nationwide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">It also won the Best Mobile Banking App award thanks to&NewLine;its Firstmobile banking app’s capability at performing a wide range of&NewLine;financial transactions in a safe&comma; adaptable&comma; futuristic and efficient manner&period;&NewLine;The user friendly app is widely renowned for its ease of navigation and state&NewLine;of the art security features to mitigate risk against fraud&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In the course of 2019&comma; FirstBank bagged numerous awards&NewLine;across various areas of its business operations&period; The awards comprise&nbsp&semi;Women Empowerment&NewLine;Category – Sustainable Banking Awards by CBN Bankers Committee&comma;&nbsp&semi;Best&NewLine;Private Bank in Nigeria 2019&nbsp&semi;by Global Finance Magazine and World Finance&NewLine;Magazine respectively&semi; Best Process Automation Initiative&comma; Application or&NewLine;Programme by Asian Banker&nbsp&semi;International Excellence in Retail Financial&NewLine;Services&semi; Best Banking Brand Nigeria 2019 by Global Brands Magazine&semi;&nbsp&semi;<a>Best Retail Bank in Nigeria&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a>by&nbsp&semi;Global Banking&NewLine;and Finance Review and&nbsp&semi;Asian Banker&nbsp&semi;<a>International&NewLine;Excellence in Retail Financial Services&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a>Awards respectively&semi;&nbsp&semi;<a>Cashless Driver&colon; Highest Volume in Bill Payments and&NewLine;Highest Transaction Volume in Real-Time Payments by&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a>CBN Electronic&NewLine;Payments Incentive Scheme &lpar;EPIS&rpar; – Efficiency Awards&semi; Long Service Corporate Award&NewLine;by Nigerian Economic Summit Group&semi;&nbsp&semi;Best Financial Inclusion Program &&num;8211&semi;&NewLine;Nigeria 2019 and&nbsp&semi;<a>Bank of The Year &&num;8211&semi; Nigeria&NewLine;2019&nbsp&semi;<&sol;a>&nbsp&semi;by International Investor&comma; amongst many others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&nbsp&semi;Speaking on the&NewLine;awards&comma; Folake Ani-Mumuney said&comma; ”We appreciate the recognition of these&NewLine;awards by the respective awarding bodies&period; The awards are dedicated to all our&NewLine;customers across the globe as their continued patronage of our services is&NewLine;appreciated&period; We remain steadfast and would not rest on our laurels at rendering&NewLine;bespoke financial services tailored to meet the financial needs of our valued&NewLine;customers&comma; irrespective of where they may be&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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