Images of the supposed hidden images were spread via fax, in an early example of electronic means enabling a meme to move through connected parts of SA society.Įven before this, FNB already had a reputation as "the ANC bank". But it only became First National Bank, and adopted its first acacia tree logo, when the United Kingdom's Barclays Bank disinvested in 1987. But despite a slew of online criticism, the new logo is significantly less controversial than its earliest iteration, which some said secretly and subversively hid ANC symbols, a map of Africa, and an assault rifle in its branches.įNB has roots dating back to 1838's Eastern Province Bank, giving it strong links to the country's oldest bank. For more stories, go to South Africa's First National Bank (FNB) has released its most significant logo change in 35 years, and it is being mocked.Here's how FNB's logo has changed through the ages - and some of the controversy it has courted.Its most controversial logo, which appeared long before social media existed, had some speculating it was hiding pro-ANC symbols in the iconic acacia tree's branches.This isn't the first time the bank's logo has caused something of an outcry.First National Bank has unveiled its first new logo in three decades - to some social media mockery.
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