Afribank
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Afribank Nigeria PLC is a commercial banking, real estate and insurance broker based in Lagos
, Nigeria
. It was established by French investors in 1959 under the name Banque Internationale pour l'Afrique Occidentale (BAIO). Today the bank operates over 250 branches across Nigeria, and is one of the region's "Big Four" banks.
Afribank uses the Temenos Globus banking application in its branches.
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Afribank also invests in companies in the financial and real sectors of the Nigerian economy.
Lagos
Lagos is a port and the most populous conurbation in Nigeria. With a population of 7,937,932, it is currently the third most populous city in Africa after Cairo and Kinshasa, and currently estimated to be the second fastest growing city in Africa...
, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
. It was established by French investors in 1959 under the name Banque Internationale pour l'Afrique Occidentale (BAIO). Today the bank operates over 250 branches across Nigeria, and is one of the region's "Big Four" banks.
Afribank uses the Temenos Globus banking application in its branches.
Operations
Afribank's core business is in commercial and retail investment banking. It also operates stock brokering firm, an insurance brokerage firm, a trustees and investments company, and estate development company, a capital market firm, and an offshore finance company in Dublin, IrelandIreland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
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Afribank also invests in companies in the financial and real sectors of the Nigerian economy.