That an enterprise is 120 years old, and still standing like an Iroko tree, is by all standards a rare feat. First Bank from its humble beginnings as Bank of British West Africa (BBWA) incorporated on March 31 1894, followingthe entrepreneurial initiative of Alfred Lewis Jones a Liverpool based shipping magnate to its giant state today as First Bank, three attributes are quite discernible about its presence in Nigeria. The Bank has been quite dynamic adjusting its operations and relevance to changing economic landscapes; offered remarkable service to diverse banking publics and showed resilience as it navigated with resounding victory the murky banking and financial industry of Nigeria… Read More
Culled from Business Day
