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title: "First National Bank: Online Banking in Africa"
description: "Bank online in South Africa: open personal/business accounts (turnover under/over R10m), make payments, use eWallet, and access savings and loans."
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updated_at: "2026-09-25T03:01:15.342Z"
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# First National Bank: Online Banking in Africa

Bank online in South Africa: open personal/business accounts (turnover under/over R10m), make payments, use eWallet, and access savings and loans.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Banking](/categories/banking)
- [First National Bank](/first-national-bank)

## Summary

Personal and business banking online with payments and tools

A digital banking platform for South African consumers and businesses to open accounts, log in to online banking, make payments, access eWallet, and manage savings and loans.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.fnb.co.za/ |
| Tagline | Personal and business banking online with payments and tools |
| Primary country | South Africa |
| Platforms | Web, Android, iOS |
| Average rating | 5 |
| Published reviews | 1 |
| Verified listing | Yes |

## About the product

First National Bank (FNB) is a digital banking platform for individuals, families, small businesses, corporates, and public sector organisations, offering online account access, applications, and a wide range of banking services.

Key capabilities include:

- **Online Banking login and registration**, including tools for **forgotten credentials** and **payment verification**.
- **Digital account applications**, with options to **start or retrieve** an application and paths for **personal** banking and **business** banking segmented by annual turnover (for example, **under R10m** and **over R10m**).
- **Digital payments and self-service tools**, including **eWallet** services (with an eWallet locator and balance enquiry), **debit order switching**, and **document upload** for personal and business applications.
- **Financial planning tools**, such as **home loan**, **budgeting**, **credit card**, **shares**, and **vehicle finance** calculators.

Available on **Web** (website and online banking portal) and via the **FNB App** on **Android and iOS**.

It targets South African retail customers, families, SMEs (including turnover-banded business accounts), and larger corporates needing online banking, merchant services, cash solutions, forex and trade support, and business value-add services.

Notable in the African context, it sits within FirstRand Bank Limited and supports a broad banking footprint from South Africa, with listed subsidiaries in markets such as Botswana, Lesotho, Ghana, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia, and the Channel Islands, plus locally relevant features like **eBucks Rewards**, extensive **branch and ATM locators**, and business integrations such as **Instant Accounting Solutions**, **Instant Payroll**, and **DocTrail**.

## Features

- [Banking](/categories/banking): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [B2C](/tags/b2c): Product feature or technology
- [Commercial Bank](/tags/commercial-bank): Product feature or technology
- [Investments](/tags/investments): Product feature or technology
- [Lending and Loans](/tags/lending): Product feature or technology
- [Botswana](/countries/botswana): Market
- [Eswatini](/countries/eswatini): Market
- [Ghana](/countries/ghana): Market
- [Lesotho](/countries/lesotho): Market
- [Mozambique](/countries/mozambique): Market
- [Namibia](/countries/namibia): Market
- [South Africa](/countries/south-africa): Market
- [Tanzania](/countries/tanzania): Market
- [Zambia](/countries/zambia): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/first-national-bank/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/first-national-bank/reviews)
- [Transparency](/first-national-bank/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/first-national-bank)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)