In furtherance of its role in promoting the sustainability and
viability of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), Nigeria’s premier
and leading financial inclusion services provider, FirstBank will by 11:00am on
Thursday, 24 March 2022 convene its SMEConnect webinar themed Leveraging
Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) to drive revenue for your business.
The virtual event is
open to everyone, especially small business owners and attendees who are to
register via https://firstbanknigeria.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hxkQXlKuSji6JDqaA6x34Q
to participate in the event.
Guest Speakers at the event include Jeffrey Williams–Edem, Group
Business Head, Merchant Acquiring, Interswitch Group and Kolawole Ogunmekan,
Head, Digital Innovation Lab, FirstBank.
All over the world, the advent and reinvention of technological
practices have birthed numerous opportunities that have spearheaded the
continuous growth of the business environment. Amongst the areas impacted by
technology is the payment methods and systems which have unrelentingly evolved
as businesses have been exposed to easy, seamless and time-saving ways to
foster their business transactions with customers and other stakeholders.
The objective of the forthcoming webinar is
to update businesses with current technologies as they concern payments and
demonstrate how the adoption of alternative payment methods can play an integral
role in driving revenue growth.
Speaking
on the event Mr. Gbenga Shobo, Deputy Managing Director, FirstBank said:
“Payment systems have continued to evolve through the years and given our
pedigree of being woven into the fabric of society for 128 years, we have
played a vital role in enhancing the various payment systems.
This
journey has been the bedrock to fortifying our experience in supporting our
customers through their adaptability and embrace of new payment methods, as
with these our SMEs have been at an advantage in expanding their businesses.”
For many years, the FirstBank SMEConnect webinar series has been
the cornerstone for exposing SMEs to vibrant and flexible ways to have their
businesses strengthened through visibility to new opportunities that are
critical to sustaining and expanding their businesses. The webinar has been one
of the Bank’s gateways to delivering the capacity building pillar of its value
propositions to SMEs which has had many businesses reinvent themselves with the
relevant competitive edge.
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 128 years.
With over 750 business locations and
over 160,000 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 36 million customers. The Bank has an
international presence through its subsidiaries, FBNBank (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 handy at promoting
digital payment in the country and has issued over 11million cards, the first
bank to achieve such a milestone in the country. FirstBank’s cashless
transaction drive extends to having more than 10million people on its USSD
Quick Banking service through the nationally renowned *894# Banking code and
over 5 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 always to
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
the first choice in building your future”. Our brand promise is always to
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
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