List Of Commercial Banks In Nigeria

A commercial bank basically is any authorized financial institution, authorized by a governing body (for instance Central Bank of Nigeria) to accept money in forms of deposits and also lend money to individuals. In this post, I'll be listing the complete names of commercial banks authorized by CBN in Nigeria.

Are you in search of a bank to make deposits of your money or get loans from? Here is an updated list of commercial banks in Nigeria.

1. Access Bank – Acquired Intercontinental Bank
2. Citibank
3. Diamond Bank
4. Ecobank Nigeria – Acquired Oceanic Bank
5. Enterprise Bank Limited – Formerly Spring Bank
6. Fidelity Bank Nigeria
7. First Bank of Nigeria
8. First City Monument Bank – Acquired FinBank
9. FSDH Merchant Bank – Merchant Bank
10. Guaranty Trust Bank
11. Heritage Bank Plc.
12. Keystone Bank Limited – Formerly Bank PHB
13. Mainstreet Bank Limited – Formerly Afribank (Acquired by Skye Bank Plc)
14. Rand Merchant Bank – Merchant bank
15. Savannah Bank
16. Skye Bank
17. Stanbic IBTC Bank Nigeria Limited
18. Standard Chartered Bank
19. Sterling Bank – Acquired Equitorial Trust Bank
20. Union Bank of Nigeria – Owned By Union Global Partners Limited
21. United Bank for Africa
22. Unity Bank Plc.
23. Wema Bank
24. Zenith Bank

I hope you find this list of Nigerian commercial banks helpful. Do let me know if I missed out on any. Cheers!