First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial
services provider, has announced the launch of the Verve Global Card. In partnership with
Verve International (Interswitch Group) and Discover Financial Services, the launch took place
at Times Square New York City on Monday, 12 August 2019.
In attendance at the event were FirstBank’s Deputy Managing Director, Gbenga Shobo; Group
Executive, eBusiness & Retail Products, Chuma Ezirim; Head, Card & Messaging Business,
Folasade Femi-Lawal and Interswitch Group’s Founder/GMD, Mitchell Elegbe and Divisional
CEO, Verve, Mike Ogbalu. Discover Financial Services’ Senior Vice President, Payment
Services, Joseph Hurley and Executive Vice President, Payment Services, Diane Offereins,
amongst others were also in attendance.
The Verve Global Card, an introduction by Verve International to FirstBank, is a new entry to the
array of card products offered by FirstBank to its customers. The FirstBank Verve Global Card is
an enhancement to the existing Verve Debit card with exclusive capacity for domestic and cross
border transactions across all channels. The card can be linked to Savings & Current accounts,
with a “Safetoken” extra protection for web-based transactions.
Speaking on the launch, Deputy Managing Director, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Gbenga
Shobo said, “in partnership with Verve International, we are pleased to launch the Verve Global
Card as it reinforces our commitment to putting our customers first with innovative and state of
the art financial products and services that promote seamless transactions regardless of where
they are across the globe.”
“I enjoin every FirstBank customer and the general public to visit the nearest FirstBank branch
and request for the card to enjoy seamless cashless transactions” he concluded.
The first transaction of the Verve Global Card was carried-out by the Deputy Managing Director,
FirstBank, Gbenga Shobo at Swarovski Shop located on Times Square.