FirstBank Hosts SMEConnect Webinar To Empower Small And Medium Enterprises

FirstBank, West Africa’s premier monetary establishment and monetary inclusion providers supplier, is happy to announce its upcoming SMEConnect Webinar scheduled to carry on Wednesday, 26 November 2025.

The SMEConnect Webinar is without doubt one of the methods FirstBank delivers its capability constructing of its worth propositions to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It’s designed to empower SMEs with the information, instruments, and sources wanted to thrive in at this time’s aggressive enterprise panorama.

The upcoming webinar themed “Methods for SMEs: Securing Your Enterprise Beneath the New Tax Legislation” will information members by means of the upcoming adjustments in tax rules, guaranteeing they’re well-equipped to adjust to the brand new necessities. Business specialists and thought leaders, together with Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Coverage and Tax Reforms (Keynote Speaker), Yemi Adesanya, the Monetary Controller, FirstBank (Visitor Speaker) and Dr. Abiodun Famuyiwa, Head of SME Banking at FirstBank (Host) will share insights on overcoming challenges, leveraging digital instruments, and accessing monetary alternatives designed to assist SME progress.

Talking forward of the occasion, Chuma Ezirim, Group Government, e-Enterprise and Retail Merchandise at FirstBank, stated “SMEConnect Webinar is an initiative to make sure that SMEs usually are not solely outfitted to outlive however positioned to scale sustainably within the aggressive market. The implementation of the brand new tax coverage is quick approaching; therefore we wish to present all companies with enough info and insights on the brand new necessities, to assist them navigate the rules.”

The webinar may even deal with the advantages of formalisation and the suite of banking options accessible to registered and unregistered companies, particularly the FirstSME accounts for companies.

To register for the webinar, members are inspired to go to  https://firstbanknigeria.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QyFwBS9LRuOu6NGTaujb0A

About FirstBank

First Bank of Nigeria Restricted “FirstBank”, established in 1894, is the premier financial institution in West Africa, a number one monetary inclusion providers supplier in Africa, and a digital banking big.

FirstBank’s worldwide footprints minimize throughout three continents ─ Africa, Europe and Asia, with FirstBank UK Restricted in London and Paris; FirstBank in The Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea and Sierra Leone; FBNBank in Senegal; and a FirstBank Consultant Workplace in Beijing, China. All of the subsidiary banks are absolutely registered by their respective Central Banks to supply full banking providers.

In addition to offering home banking providers, the subsidiaries additionally interact in worldwide cross-border transactions with FirstBank’s non-Nigerian subsidiaries, and the consultant workplaces in Paris and China facilitate commerce flows from Asia and Europe into Nigeria and different African international locations.

For over 13 many years, FirstBank has constructed an excellent repute for strong relationships, good company governance, and a robust liquidity place, and has been on the forefront of selling digital fee within the nation with over 13 million playing cards issued to prospects (the primary financial institution to realize such a milestone in Nigeria). FirstBank has continued to make vital investments in know-how, innovation and transformation, and its cashless transaction drive has been steadily accentuated with just about over 25 million lively FirstBank prospects signed up on digital channels together with the USSD Fast Banking service by means of the nationally famend *894# Banking code.

With over 43 million buyer accounts (together with digital wallets) unfold throughout Nigeria, UK and sub-Saharan Africa, the Financial institution supplies a complete vary of retail and wholesale monetary providers by means of greater than 820 enterprise workplaces and over 280,000 agent areas unfold throughout 772 out of the 774 Native Authorities Areas in Nigeria.

Along with banking options and providers, FirstBank supplies pension fund custody providers in Nigeria by means of First Pension Custodian Nigeria Restricted and nominee and related providers by means of First Nominees Nigeria Restricted.

FirstBank’s dedication to Range is proven in its insurance policies, partnerships and initiatives comparable to its workers’ ratio of feminine to male (about 41%:59%; and 37% girls in administration roles) in addition to the FirstBank Girls Community, an initiative that seeks to handle the gender hole and improve the participation of girls in any respect ranges inside the organisation.  As well as, the Financial institution’s membership of the UN Girls is an affirmation of a deliberate coverage that’s according to UN Girls’s Girls Empowerment’s Ideas (WEPs) ─ Equal Alternative, Inclusion, and Nondiscrimination.

For six consecutive years (2011 – 2016), FirstBank was named “Most Beneficial Financial institution Model in Nigeria” by the globally famend The Banker Journal of the Monetary Instances Group and “Finest Retail Financial institution in Nigeria” eight instances in a row, 2011 – 2018, by the Asian Banker Worldwide Excellence in Retail Monetary Providers Awards.

Considerably, FirstBank’s International Credit score Score was A+ with a optimistic outlook whereas rankings by Fitch and Customary & Poor’s have been A (nga) and ngBBB+ respectively each with Steady outlooks as at September 2023. FirstBank maintained the identical stage of worldwide credit score rankings because the sovereign; a milestone that was achieved in 2022 for the primary time since 2015.

In 2024, FirstBank obtained notable worldwide awards and accolades. A few of these embrace Nigeria’s Finest Financial institution for ESG 2024 and Nigeria’s Finest Financial institution for Corporates 2024 each awarded by Euromoney Awards for Excellence; Finest SME Financial institution in Africa and in Nigeria by The Asian Banker International Awards; Finest Personal Financial institution in Nigeria and Finest Personal Financial institution for Sustainable Investing in Africa by International Finance Awards; Finest Company Financial institution in Nigeria 2024, Finest CSR Financial institution in Nigeria 2024, Finest Retail Financial institution in Nigeria 2024, Finest SME Financial institution in Nigeria 2024 and Finest Personal Financial institution in Nigeria 2024 all awarded by the International Banking and Finance Awards.

FirstBank has continued to achieve broad acclaim on the worldwide stage with a number of worldwide awards and recognitions obtained thus far in 2025 which incorporates Finest SME Financial institution in Nigeria 2025 and Finest SME Financial institution in Africa 2025 by The Asian Banker; Finest Personal Financial institution in Nigeria 2025 and Finest Personal Financial institution for Sustainable Investing in Africa 2025 by International Finance Awards; SME Financier of the 12 months in Nigeria 2025 by The Digital Banker International SME Banking Innovation Awards; Finest Retail Financial institution in Nigeria 2025 and Finest Financial institution for Empowering Girls Entrepreneurs in Nigeria 2025 all by The Annual International Economics Awards.

Our imaginative and prescient is “To be Africa’s Financial institution of first selection” and our mission is “To stay true to our title by offering the perfect monetary providers attainable”. This dedication is anchored on our core values of EPIC – Entrepreneurship, Professionalism, Innovation and Buyer-Centricity. Our strategic ambition is “To ship accelerated progress in profitability by means of customer-led innovation and disciplined execution.”