Background
Sterling Bank Plc is a full-service national commercial bank. The Bank, formerly known as NAL Bank Plc, was incorporated in 1960 as Nigerian Acceptances Limited. In 1969, it became the first Nigerian Bank to be licensed as a merchant bank.
The Bank became a universal bank in 200
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