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This is a list of commercial banks and other credit institutions within Nigeria. Following the 2026 recapitalization exercise mandated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the sector's total assets grew to approximately ₦255 trillion. Deposits are protected by the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) up to ₦5,000,000 per depositor.

List of commercial banks

• Access Bank plc, part of Access Bank Group
• Alpha Morgan Bank
• Citibank Nigeria Ltd, part of Citigroup
• Ecobank Nigeria Plc, part of Ecobank Group
• Fidelity Bank Plc
• First Bank Nigeria Ltd, part of First Bank of Nigeria Group
• First City Monument Bank Plc
• Globus Bank Ltd
• Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, part of GTCO Group
• Keystone Bank Ltd
• Nova Commercial Bank Ltd
• Optimus Bank
• Parallex Bank Ltd
• Polaris Bank Plc
• Premium Trust Bank
• Providus Bank Ltd
• Signature Bank Ltd
• Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, part of Stanbic IBTC Holdings
• Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Ltd, part of Standard Chartered Group
• Sterling Bank Plc
• Summit Bank
• SunTrust Bank Nigeria Ltd
• Tatum Bank
• The Alternative Bank Ltd
• Titan Trust Bank Ltd
• Union Bank of Nigeria Plc
• United Bank For Africa Plc, part of UBA Group
• Unity Bank Plc
• Wema Bank Plc
• Zenith Bank Plc

Development Finance Institutions

• Bank of Agriculture
• Bank of Industry
• Development Bank of Nigeria
• Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria
• Nigerian Export-Import Bank
• The Infrastructure Bank

Financial holding companies

• Access Holdings PLC, parent of Access Bank Group
• FBN Holdings PLC, parent of First Bank of Nigeria Group
• FCMB Group PLC, parent of First City Monument Bank
• FSDH Holding Company, parent of FSDH Merchant Bank
• GTB Holding Company, parent of GTCO Group
• Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, intermediate holding of Standard Bank Group
• Sterling Financial Holdings Ltd, parent of Sterling Bank

Non-interest banks

• The Alternative Bank Limited
• Jaiz Bank Plc
• Lotus Bank Ltd
• TAJBank
• Summit Bank

Microfinance banks

N.B. This section was not updated per the full CBN list of 2024.

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See also

• Economy of Nigeria
• List of banks in Africa

External links

• List of deposit money banks and financial holding companies operating in Nigeria as of 29 December 2017