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October 5, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank To Acquire Majority Stake In Angolan-Based Finibanco

Access Holdings Plc, trading as Access Corporation, has announced its planned acquisition of a majority equity stake in Angolan-based Finibanco S.A by Access Bank Plc. The Company’s Secretary, Mr Sunday Ekwochi, in a statement on Tuesday explained that the transaction would...

September 21, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank Rewards Customers With Cash Prizes In AccessMore Mega Reward

Access Bank Plc, has rewarded its customers with millions of naira, smartphones and other prizes in the first phase of the AccessMore Mega Reward Scheme. Head, Marketing and Communications, Access Bank, Mrs Chioma Afe, explained in a statement on T...

August 19, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank Empowers 20 NYSC Members With N30m Grant

Access Bank Plc, through its Accesspreneur programme has empowered 20 National Youth Service Corps members (NYSC) with exceptional ideas, across the country, with N30 million grant. The Group Head, Consumer Banking, Access Bank Plc, Adaeze Umeh, in a sta...

June 9, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank Acquires $37m Stake In Kenya’s Sidian Bank

Access Bank Holding Plc has concluded plans to acquire Kenya’s Sidian Bank Ltd., for N15 billion ($37 million). The bank disclosed this in a notice signed by Mr Sunday Ekwochi, Company Secretary of the bank, and made available on the....

June 4, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank Reiterates Support For Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses

Access Bank Plc has pledged to fund entrepreneurs, and create market access for small businesses across the country. A statement by the Deputy Managing Director of the bank, Mr Victor Etuokwu, on Friday, said the bank remained resolute in its...

May 5, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank Partners FG, To Roll Out Loans For Farmers, SMEs

Access Bank Plc has partnered the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to roll out a loan scheme for poor farmers aged 18 years to 55 years and other vulnerable groups. In statement on Thursday, the ban...

May 3, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank Promotes 800 Staff

Access Bank Plc has announced the promotion of 800 employees following performance management review in line with global best practices. The Group Head, Communications and External Affairs of the bank, Mr Amaechi Okobi, explained in a statement that bene...

April 27, 2022 No Responses

Ataga: Court Dismisses Objection By Chidinma’s Lawyer To Cross-Examine Access Bank’s Employee

A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday dismissed the objection raised by the counsel to Chidinma Ojukwu to cross-examine an employee of Access Bank over the late Mr Usifo Ataga’s bank statements tendered as exhibits. ...

March 30, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank Targets Top Five Position In Africa By 2027

The Group Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Access Bank Plc, Dr Herbert Wigwe, says the bank aims to become one of the top five in Africa by 2027. Wigwe told journalists in Lagos on Tuesday that the bank, which had...

March 29, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank Completes Holdco Structure, Announces New Changes In Subsidiary

Access Holdings Plc has announced board changes at its banking subsidiary, Access Bank Plc, with the completion of the scheme of arrangement and holders of its fully paid ordinary shares of 50k. This is contained in a statement signed by...

February 15, 2022 No Responses

Gombe IRS Seals Access Bank Over Alleged N118m Tax Default

The Gombe State Internal Revenue Service Board has sealed two branches of Access Bank in the state capital over alleged N118 million unpaid taxes between 2008 – 2019. Speaking to Journalists on Monday in Gombe, the Chairman of the Board,...

January 28, 2022 No Responses

Access Bank `W’ Initiative Tasks Women Entrepreneurs On Insurance

The ‘W’ Initiative, a flagship women empowerment programme from Access Bank plc, has advised women to take advantage of the Bancassurance cover and be protected in the event of unforeseen eventualities. The Group Head of `W’ Initiative, Mrs Abiodun...

December 28, 2021 No Responses

Access Bank CEO Discusses Expansion Plans

In an interview on CNN’s First Move with Julia Chatterley, Access Bank CEO Herbert Wigwe discussed the company’s expansion plans in Africa and beyond, balancing needs with digitization, and Access Bank’s efforts to provide financial s...

December 17, 2021 No Responses

Access Bank Shareholders Approve Holdco Structure

Shareholders of Access Bank Plc have unanimously approved the bank’s proposed reorganisation into a Holding Company (Holdco) to be known as Access Holding Plc. The shareholders gave the approval at the bank’s Court- Ordered Meeting on Thursday in Lag...