Nigeria’s First Bank Partners Etisalat to Extend Mobile Money Services

Major Nigerian commercial bank First Bank has announced a partnership with telecoms company Etisalat to make Firstmonie mobile money services available on Etisalat’s Easywallet SIM application. Lucas Dada, director of Business Segment at Etisalat Nigeria said the partnership will provide added value to all customers and stakeholders in the mobile money industry. “Etisalat easywallet, is

IFC and Firstmonie to Expand Access to Affordable Financial Services in Nigeria

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has announced it signed an advisory services agreement with Firstmonie, a subsidiary of First Bank Nigeria Limited, to advance mobile financial services and agent banking in order to strengthen the supply of affordable financial services to low-income individuals and small-scale entrepreneurs in Nigeria. IFC will provide Firstmonie