First Bank is the name used by various

financial institution A financial institution, sometimes called a banking institution, is a business entity that provides service as an intermediary for different types of financial monetary transactions. Broadly speaking, there are three major types of financial ins ...

s worldwide. The term, either as whole or as part of a combination of names, may refer to:

International

First Bank of Nigeria First Bank of Nigeria is a multinational bank and financial services company with headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. First Bank was founded in 1894 by Sir Alfred Jones and is currently owned by First HoldCo PLC, which in itself has diversified own ...

, a Nigerian bank with branches in Ghana, South Africa, Guinea, Gambia, Sierra Leone, DRC, UAE, United States, UK, France, China, etc. *

First National Bank (disambiguation) First National Bank may refer to: Worldwide Lebanon * First National Bank (Lebanon) Namibia * First National Bank (Namibia) Japan * Dai-Ichi Bank, formerly South Africa * First National Bank (South Africa) United States Banking instit ...

, a name used by various banks worldwide * First Interstate Bank (disambiguation), a name used by various banks worldwide * First Commercial Bank (disambiguation), used by a bank in Taipei, Taiwan, as well as several in the United States

Africa

, with branches across Nigeria *

Afriland First Bank Afriland First Bank is a full-service bank in Cameroon, with subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Liberia, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe and Zambia. The bank was founded in Yaoundé in 1987 und ...

, in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo (Brazzaville) and Sao Tome e Principe

Asia

First Gulf Bank FGB (formerly known as First Gulf Bank) was the third largest bank by assets in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), until it merged with the National Bank of Abu Dhabi in December 2016 to form First Abu Dhabi Bank, creating the largest bank by assets ...

, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates * First Microfinance Bank, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan * First Microfinance Bank, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan * First Women Bank Limited, in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *

First Pacific Bank First Pacific Bank Limited was a bank based in Hong Kong. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of the investment holding company FPB Bank Holding Company Limited (FPB Bank Holdco). Its headquarters were in the First Pacific Bank Centre in Wan Cha ...

, a former bank based in Hong Kong

Europe

* First Bank, part of the J.C. Flowers & Co. Group, in Romania *

First Trust Bank AIB (NI) (formerly known as First Trust Bank) is a commercial bank in Northern Ireland that is part of Allied Irish Banks's UK subsidiary AIB Group (UK) plc. It is one of the Big Four banks in Ireland. The bank was created in 1991 when '' TSB ...

, part of the AIB Group, in Belfast, Northern Ireland

United States

* FirstBank Holding Co, also known as 1stBank, a privately held bank based in Lakewood, Colorado with locations in Colorado, California, and Arizona *

First American National Bank First American National Bank was a subsidiary of First American Corporation, a financial institution based in Nashville, Tennessee, that served the states of Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia and Virginia. It was headquartered in the First America ...

, a defunct bank now part of Amsouth Bancorporation *

First Bancorp First Bancorp is an American bank holding company headquartered in Southern Pines, North Carolina, that operates as First Bank in North Carolina and South Carolina. , First Bancorp has 118 branches and about $12 billion in assets. First Bank w ...

, a financial holding company in Southern Pines, North Carolina *

First BanCorp First Bancorp is an American bank holding company headquartered in Southern Pines, North Carolina, that operates as First Bank in North Carolina and South Carolina. , First Bancorp has 118 branches and about $12 billion in assets. First Bank w ...

, more commonly known as FirstBank, a financial holding company in Puerto Rico *

First Bank & Trust First Bank & Trust (FB&T) was a community and commercial bank founded in Evanston, Illinois Evanston is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore (Chicago), North Shore along Lake Michigan. A suburb of Chicago, ...

, headquartered in Evanston, Illinois and serving the Chicago area *

First Bank System First Bank System was a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based regional bank holding company that operated from 1864 to 1997. What was once First Bank forms the core of today's U.S. Bancorp; First Bank merged with the old U.S. Bancorp in 1997 and took the ...

, a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based regional bank holding company that had used the trade name First Bank before the holding company was renamed U.S. Bancorp in 1997 *

First International Bank First International Bank & Trust (FIBT) is an American financial institution headquartered in Watford City, North Dakota. It is owned by Watford City Bancshares, Inc., which is owned by the Stenehjem family. FIBT is the largest bank in North D ...

, in Watford City, North Dakota * First Midwest Bank, in Joliet, Illinois *

Seafirst Bank Seafirst Corporation was an American bank holding company based in Seattle, Washington. Its banking subsidiary, Seafirst Bank, was the largest bank in Washington, with 235 branches and 497 ATMs across the state. Formed in 1929 via the merger ...

, acquired by Bank of America, known in the early 1970s as Firstbank *

Security First Network Bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) was the first pure Internet bank in the United States. It had no physical branch bank offices and could only be accessed online. It was founded in Pineville, Kentucky, in October 1995 by Michael Karlin and ...

, claimed to be the first pure internet bank, in Atlanta, Georgia

Caribbean

FirstCaribbean International Bank CIBC Caribbean is a financial services company based in Barbados and the Caribbean subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). The bank was founded in 2002 as FirstCaribbean International Bank through the merger of the Caribb ...

, in Barbados *

FirstBank (Puerto Rico) FirstBank (stylized as 1 FirstBank), is a banking institution in Puerto Rico. The company is headquartered in San Juan, with branches there and in twenty-two other Puerto Rican cities. "1FirstBank Florida" includes branches in Miami, Boca Raton an ...

, in Puerto Rico, formerly First Federal

Similarly Named

FirstBank Building FirstBank Building, part of the Palmer Center Complex, is a class A high-rise office building in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is the second tallest building in Colorado Springs, and the second tallest building outside of the Denver metropolitan ...

, part of the Palmer Center complex, is a class A high-rise office building in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The building was known as the Holly Sugar Building *

First American Bank (disambiguation) First American Bank may refer to several independent banks in the United States: * First American Bank (Alabama) of Decatur, Alabama, now part of RBC Bank * First American Bank (Illinois) * First American Bank (Indiana) * First American Bank (Lo ...

First Commonwealth Bank First Commonwealth Financial Corporation is a financial services company based in Indiana, Pennsylvania, primarily serving the Western and Central Pennsylvania as well as Canton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio. First Commonwealth has long served the C ...

, a financial services company based in Indiana, Pennsylvania, primarily serving the Western and the Central Pennsylvania regions *

First Federal Bank (disambiguation) First Federal Bank may refer to: *First Federal Bank of California The First Federal Bank of California was a community bank founded in 1929, and encompassed most of Southern California. As of 2009, it operated approximately thirty-nine branches. ...

First Pennsylvania Bank First Pennsylvania Bank was a bank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1782, it was for centuries the oldest bank in the United States until it was acquired by CoreStates Financial Corporation in 1989. In the 1970s, First Pennsylvania o ...

, a bank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1782, it was for decades the oldest bank in the United States until it was acquired by CoreStates Financial Corporation in 1989 *

First Security Bank First Security Bank is a privately held company based in Searcy, Arkansas. It currently operates 78 locations across the state of Arkansas and is a division of Arkansas’ fifth largest bank holding company, First Security Bancorp. First Secur ...

, a privately held company based in Searcy, Arkansas * First State Bank (disambiguation) * First Westroads Bank, a locally owned community bank in Omaha, Nebraska, USA, with two branches

Other uses

First Bank F.C. First Bank FC is a Nigerian soccer club run by First Bank of Nigeria and based in Lagos. Besides football, the bank also runs clubs in various other sports, including basketball. Current squad Oladimeji Salvador Sources Th ...

, a Nigerian association football club run by First Bank of Nigeria {{disambiguation