13 Nigerian banks have made the list of top 1,000 banks in the world. This is the second year in a row that the banks will achieve this feat. According to Kunle Ogedengbe, The Country Representative of The Banker Magazine, the share number of local banks that made the ranking “underlines Nigeria’s number one position in Africa, as no other African country has up to 13 lenders in the Top 1,000 World Banks.”

 

(1) Zenith Bank (293rd position)

(2) Guaranty Trust Bank (415 position)

(3) First Bank ( 425 position)

(4) Access Bank (532 position)

(5) United Bank for Africa (539 position) , (6) Fidelity bank (622 position)

(7) Ecobank Nigeria

(8) Skye Bank

(9) First City Monument Bank

(10) Diamond Bank

(11) Stanbic IBTC Holdings

(12) Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria (13) Union Bank of Nigeria.