FirstBank becomes official bank of Nigeria Olympic Committee
It has recently been revealed by the First Bank of Nigeria that it would be providing exclusive as well as special services during the time of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
The announcement was made by Folake Ani-Mumuney, who is the Marketing and Corporate Head at the FirstBank.
The announcement of provision of special services during the time of the Olympics was made at the ceremony in which the FirstBank was named as official bank for the Nigeria Olympic Committee. This is valid for the upcoming Olympic Games only.
The following statements were given by Folake regarding the services that the FirstBank will be providing.
“With FirstBank, there are no banking borders. We offer sundry strategic platforms for our customers to transact their businesses from any part of the globe. The bank’s array of cards which are accepted worldwide, will also enable different transactions
across multiple channels including Automated Teller Machines, Point of Sale terminals and the Web during the event,” he said.
The highlight of the services that will be provided by the FirstBank during the time of the Olympics are financial transactions that would be cashless and increased internet as well as mobile banking. These services would help to make it convenient as well
as efficient for people to do banking. These services will be called as the FirstMobile as well as the FirstOnline solutions.
However, these services will not be available to the general public but will only be exclusive to the individuals related to the Olympic Games. These include members of the Team Nigeria, customers, tourists as well as the Nigerians who will be present in
Diaspora during the time period of the Olympic Games.
The Olympic Games will be taking place in the city of London this time around. However, it will not be the first time that the capital of England will be providing hosting services to the Olympic Games, rather, it would be the third time. The first time
that the Olympic Games made their way to London was in 1908 while the second time it was almost half a century later in the year 1948.
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