First City Monument Bank

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First City Monument Bank Ltd (FCMB)
TypePublic: NSE: FCMB
IndustryFinance
Founded20 April 1982
FounderOloye Subomi Balogun
Headquarters
Lagos Island, Lagos, Lagos State
,
Nigeria
Area served
Nigeria
United Kingdom
Key people
Oladipupo Jadesimi
Chairman
Ladi Balogun
Group Chief Executive
Yemisi Edun
Managing Director
ServicesBanking
RevenueUS$473.3 million (NGN:181.2 billion) (Dec. 2019)
Total assetsUS$4.4 billion (NGN:1.7 trillion) (Dec. 2019) [1]
Number of employees
3,893 (Dec. 2019)
WebsiteHomepage

First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Ltd is a banking group, headquartered in Lagos. As of December 2019, the bank's total assets were valued at US$4.4 billion (NGN: 1.7 trillion).[2]

History[]

The entity from which the bank was founded, City Securities Limited, was established in 1977 by Oloye Subomi Balogun, the Otunba Tunwashe of Ijebu, a Yoruba traditional aristocrat. First City Merchant Bank was incorporated as a private limited liability company on 20 April 1982 and granted a banking license on 11 August 1983. It was the first bank to be established in Nigeria without government or foreign support. In 2001, the name of the bank was changed from First City Merchant Bank to First City Monument Bank following the bank's transformation to a universal bank.[3] On 15 July 2004, FCMB changed its status from a private limited liability company to a public limited liability company and was listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) by introduction on 21 December 2004.[4]

In November 2010, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced a $70 million investment in FCMB.[5]That same month, both FinBank and First City Monument Bank (FCMB) announced that FCMB has expressed interest in acquiring shareholding and become the strategic investor in FinBank, another Nigerian commercial bank that was undercapitalized.[6] In February 2012, following regulatory approval, FCMB acquired 100% shareholding and began the integration of Finbank in its existing operations.[7]

By 2017, FCMB had 4.3 million customers, 220 branches, and a banking subsidiary in the United Kingdom.[8][9] In 2021, the bank’s customer base reached almost 8 million.[10]

FCMB’s SME Advisory Service provides small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) with market intelligence, technical assistance, and intervention funds.[11] In 2019, the bank launched Hub One, a co-working space to give start-ups internet access.[12] In 2020, FCMB secured a $50 million loan facility from the IFC to help the bank expand their SMEs loans to support businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.[13] By 2021, it had provided over N23 billion loan guarantees to SMEs with inadequate collateral coverage or those in a start-up stage.[13] In 2021, FCMB received a $50 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support the agribusiness, manufacturing, healthcare and renewable energy sectors, with 30% of the funds going to women-owned businesses.[14] It also received a $10 million loan from Oikocredit to fund agricultural businesses, especially in low-income areas impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.[15]

Subsidiaries[]

First City Monument Bank has a number of active non-bank subsidiaries, which together with the bank, form the First City Group. Members of the group include the following companies:[16]

  1. FCMB Capital Markets Limited – Investment banking & Advisory services – Lagos, Nigeria
  2. FCMB (United Kingdom) Limited – Investment banking – London, United Kingdom
  3. CSL Stockbrokers Limited – Stock brokerage services – Lagos, Nigeria
  4. FCMB Pensions Limited (Formerly Legacy Pension Fund Administrators) – Abuja, Nigeria
  5. Credit Direct Limited – Microfinance lending – Lagos, Nigeria
  6. FCMB Microfinance Bank

Ownership[]

The shares of stock of First City Monument Bank are listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, where they trade under the symbol: FCMB.[17] The current detailed shareholding in the bank, following the merger with FinBank, is not publicly available.

Governance[]

FCMB Group Plc (FCMB) remains committed to institutionalizing corporate governance principles as part of the Group's corporate structure. It continues to ensure adherence to the implementation of corporate governance rules of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigerian Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The board of directors of FCMB Group Plc is composed of a chairman and nine directors (three executive directors and six non-executive directors) in line with international best practice, which requires the number of non-executive directors to be more than the executive directors. There is a clear separation of duties between the Group Chief Executive and the chairman of the board.

The Board meets regularly to set broad policies for the Group's business and operations, and it ensures that an objective and professional relationship is maintained with the Group's auditors to promote transparency in financial and non-financial reporting. Directors' emoluments, as well as their shareholding information, are disclosed in the Group's Annual Report and Accounts .[18]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.fcmb.com/investor-relations
  2. ^ "investorrelations.firstcitygroup.com". investorrelations.firstcitygroup.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. ^ First City Monument Bank https://www.fcmb.com/about-us/our-history. Retrieved 4 March 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "investorrelations.firstcitygroup.com". investorrelations.firstcitygroup.com. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  5. ^ "IFC Invests in First City Monument Bank to Support Growth, SME Financing". pressroom.ifc.org. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ^ Reports, Obinna Chima With Agency (2 November 2010). "Nigeria: FCMB Makes Bid for Finbank". This Day (Lagos). Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  7. ^ "FCMB finalizes FinBank Acquisition". Nigeria Business News. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  8. ^ Gbadeyanka, Modupe (8 January 2018). "FCMB's Ladi Balogun Becomes Legacy Pensions Chairman | Business Post Nigeria". Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  9. ^ "FCMB: Balogun steps down, as Nuru takes over". Vanguard News. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  10. ^ "FCMB Group earnings hit N199.4b". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  11. ^ "FCMB intensifies support to SMEs with N5m interest free loan". Businessday NG. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  12. ^ techeconomy (1 February 2019). "FCMB launches Hub One; a tech-themed co-working space". TechEconomy.ng. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b "We are in business to supports SMEs to drive local economic growth-FCMB". Naija247news. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  14. ^ "AfDB approves $50m loan to support Nigerian women businesses". TheCable. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  15. ^ Fiala, Sophie (9 June 2021). "MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Oikocredit Lends $10m to FCMB to Boost Lending to SMEs, Agricultural Enterprises in Nigeria". MicroCapital. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  16. ^ "investorrelations.firstcitygroup.com". investorrelations.firstcitygroup.com. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  17. ^ "FCMB | FCMB Group PLC Stock Price & News". WSJ. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  18. ^ "Investor Relations". fcmbgroup.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.

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