Access Bank Plc. is a world class African financial institution, a full service commercial Bank operating through a network of about 366 branches and service outlets located in major centres across Nigeria, Sub Saharan Africa and the United Kingdom and recently, the United Arab Emirates.
Serving its various markets through 4 business segments: Personal, Business, Commercial and Corporate & Investment banking, the Bank has over 830,000 shareholders including several Nigerian and International Institutional Investors and has enjoyed what is arguably Africa’s most successful banking growth trajectory in the last ten years ranking amongst Africa’s top 20 banks by total assets and capital in 2011.
Access Bank has built its strength and success in corporate banking and is now taking that expertise and applying it to the personal and business banking platform it acquired, integrating the business, investing in the infrastructure, and strengthening the product offer. As part of its continued growth strategy, Access Bank is focused on mainstreaming sustainable business practices into its operations. The Bank strives to deliver sustainable economic growth that is profitable, environmentally responsible and socially relevant.
As an emerging leader in Africa, Access bank seeks not only to rank among the top 3 Nigerian banking group, but also to become a catalyst for growth across the African continent.
Access Banks was license in 1988 and was incorporated as a privately owned commercial bank in 1989. The bank became a public limited company in same 1998 and was listed on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE. With the acquisition of the defund Intercontinental bank in January, 2012, Access bank is now one of the four largest commercial banks in Nigeria with over 5.8million customers, from 366 branches and 1,600 Automatic Teller Machine, ATM.
In 2014, the bank was designated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the banking regulator as one of the ‘Significant Important Financial Institution’ in Nigeria
The bank has national and international risk assessment rating of AA-, BB- by Standard & Poor, A- and B by Fitch rating respectively.
The bank has also won several awards and recognition for exceptional financial services, such as:
The risk management award by Conrad Clark Nigeria in collaboration with Business Day and the UK Institute of Risk Management.
The ‘Sustainable Bank of the Year for Africa and Middle East’ by Financial Times and IFC
The business in the community ‘Big Tick Award’
Third consecutive listing as one of the 50 top brands that power Nigeria.
