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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