As of December 2022[update], the Bank's branch network numbered 140,[3] distributed throughout Nigeria with total assets valued in excess of NGN 1.85 trillion).

In 1992, the Bank was partly privatised and listed as a public company on the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE).

Eight years later, in 2000, the Federal Government sold its residual interest in the Bank, effectively making it a fully privatised institution.

[7] Abubakar Suleiman is the current Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Sterling Bank Ltd, assuming this position on 19 September 2022.

Sterling's Corporate Banking covers several sectors including Telecommunications, Power and Steel, Food and Beverages among others.