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- ↑ Sylva Ashimole is MD of FIB
- ↑ "Liberia: More Jobs for the Jobless As Fibank Opens 13 More Money Gram Outlets". The Informer (Monrovia). 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- ↑ Wilson, Garmonyou (2008-12-25). "Liberia: FIB Opens First Branch in Paynesville". The Inquirer (Monrovia). Retrieved 2017-08-23.
- ↑ "Liberia: LD1 Million, Unspecified U.S. Dollars Missing At Fibank". New Democrat (Monrovia). 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
