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The Bank Verification Number commonly called BVN is a biometric identification system implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria to curb or reduce illegal banking transactions in Nigeria. [1] It is a modern security measure in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria Act 1958 to reduce fraud in the banking system.
Telephone numbers in Nigeria use an open numbering plan.They are composed of a combination of an area code and a local line or subscriber telephone number. Area codes consist of one digit (Lagos, Ibadan and Abuja) or two digits.
First Bank Nigeria Ltd, part of First Bank of Nigeria Group; First City Monument Bank Plc; Globus Bank Ltd; Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, part of GTCO Group; Keystone Bank Ltd; Nova Commercial Bank Ltd; Optimus Bank; Parallex Bank Ltd; Polaris Bank Plc; Premium Trust Bank; Providus Bank Ltd; Signature Bank Ltd; Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc
In 2013, the bank acquired a 70 percent shareholding in the Fina Bank Group for a cash payment of US$100 million. [18] Fina Bank branches and subsidiaries were rebranded GT Bank soon afterwards. In 2013, the Bank issued a US$400,000,000 Euro bond at a coupon rate of 6%; the least obtained by a Nigerian company in the international capital market.
The bank liquidated in 1930 and was replaced by Mercantile Bank in 1931. The African Continental Bank was created in 1949 as the only sustainable indigenous bank after the liquidation of the Industrial and Commercial Bank. [4] The year 1947 shows the emergence of an agricultural bank called the Nigerian Farmers and Commercial Bank.
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC. came alive as the result of a merger between Stanbic Bank Nigeria Limited and IBTC Chartered Bank Plc. in 2007, then adopting a holding company structure in 2012 to comply with the revised regulatory framework advised by the Central Bank of Nigeria, requiring banks to either divest from non-core banking financial services or adopt a holdings’ company structure.
The First Bank Group has over 820 business locations across Africa [2] and has an agent banking network with over 233,500 locations across Nigeria as of 2024. [3] The bank specializes in retail banking, with a client base in West Africa of over 42 million customers. First Bank, as a group, employs over 16,000 staff.
Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Nigerian Content Monitoring and Development Board (NCMDB) Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) - defunct [1] Rural Electrification Agency (REA)