| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.05.2024 | Access bank Group and Mastercard Join Forces to Expand Opportunities for Cross-Border Payments for African Businesses and Consumers | Mastercard and Access Bank Group have launched a unified cross-border money movement solution across various African markets, enabling businesses and consumers to send and receive international payments to and from 150+ countries.
Access Ba... |
| 30.04.2024 | I am betting on banking, not fintech | This article was contributed to TechCabal by Uzoma Dozie.
I am going to do banking, but better. The vast majority of our current crop of African fintechs claim to make banking easier—banking the unbanked/underbanked, etc. But there are limi... |
| 18.04.2024 | N200m, 3SUVs For Grabs as Access Bank Unveils DiamondXtra Season 16 | The sixteenth season of DiamondXtra, a savings and reward account where customers of Access Bank are rewarded with several prizes, has been unveiled in Lagos.
Season 16 of the special interest-yielding hybrid account which allows deposit of... |
| 16.04.2024 | UBA to raise fresh capital through sale of 10.8 billion ordinary shares | United Bank for Africa (UBA), a Nigerian bank valued at over ₦1 trillion, plans to raise fresh capital by selling 10.8 billion new ordinary shares. The bank will prioritise existing investors in the planned share sale.
UBA assigned a nomina... |
| 08.04.2024 | First Bank Holdings to raise ₦300bn capital amid CBN’s banking reforms | First Bank Holdings will raise additional capital of ₦300 billion ($231 million) at a shareholders meeting scheduled later this month, as banks scramble to meet the Central Bank of Nigeria’s plans for a recapitalisation drive.
According to ... |
| 03.04.2024 | Access Bank Unveils Ground-breaking Platform, 901 Connect: Bridging Convenience and Security. | L – R : Toyin Henry – Ajayi, Group Head, Marketing and Communications, Access Bank; Emeka Madu, CEO, RemitPlus; Njideka Esomeju, Group Head, Consumer Banking, Access Bank; and Oluremi Tinuola-Gabriel, Head, Digital Channels during the launc... |
| 21.03.2024 | Access Bank values NBK at around $100 million as it continues East Africa expansion | On Wednesday afternoon, Access Bank confirmed it had agreed to acquire the National Bank of Kenya (NBK) after unconfirmed reports had teased the transaction for weeks. One of the big questions about the transaction—which is still subject to... |
| 08.03.2024 | How Huawei became Nigeria’s biggest telecoms vendor and enterprise business | When Huawei launched in Nigeria in 1999, two years before its telecommunications revolution, very few people could have predicted it would become the country’s biggest telecoms vendor and build one of the country’s biggest enterprise busine... |
| 03.10.2023 | Access Africa and Thunes join forces to improve cross-border payments in and out of 13 African countries. | The collaboration will enhance cross-border payment flows between Africa and other regions, enabling faster and more affordable digital payments and supporting international trade across countries.
In an effort to streamline and simplify cr... |
| 16.08.2023 | Access Bank Launches Custody Services as Part of Expansion Strategy. | Access Bank, one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, has announced the launch of its custody services, offering safekeeping and servicing of financial assets to its esteemed customers. The expansion into custody services comes after... |
| 13.02.2023 | Access Bank Launches Access POS Rewards! In Partnership With Connected Analytics
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Success! | Nigeria’s retail giant Access Bank and Connected Analytics, owners of ThankUCash, a leading rewards platform, have announced a new partnership tagged Access Rewards. Customers who use their bank cards on Access Bank POS at different retail ... |
| 07.02.2023 | Access Bank celebrates customers with the “Love is More” campaign this Valentine’s season. | Access Bank customers are in for a treat this Valentine’s season, as the retail giant is offering several discounts and mouth-watering freebies on its retail products and services to celebrate customers in this season of love. The Valentine... |
| 06.02.2023 | Access Bank introduces the “Love is More” campaign for Valentine season to celebrate its customers.
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Success! | Access Bank customers are in for a treat this Valentine’s season, as the retail giant is offering several discounts and mouth-watering freebies on its retail products and services to celebrate customers in this season of love.
The Valentine... |
| 25.08.2022 | Access Bank Launches New Website, Calls on Customers to Enjoy its Great Features and Benefits | It is finally here!
We are excited to introduce the revamped and improved Access bank website.
As one of the foremost banks in Nigeria, Africa and globally, it is imperative all our channels are up-to-date to better serve our growing custom... |
| 12.05.2022 | Access Bank moves to dominate agency banking | --> -->
Access Bank in its bid to enhance financial inclusion has noted its intentions to significantly increase its customer base and deepen wallet share of the banking population riding on its agency banking platform.
Access Bank ag... |
| 24.02.2022 | Zenith, Access, others publish names, BVNs and account numbers of forex defaulters | --> -->
Some Nigerian banks have published the names, Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) and account numbers of customers who have accessed foreign exchange under false pretence and failed to return it.
This development is coming after t... |
| 31.01.2022 | Tired of loan sharks? Check out some CBN approved payday loan offers | --> -->
Nigerians looking for a quick influx of cash to meet expenses have various options to shop for the best loans to suit their needs amongst licensed commercial banks.
Rather than going to loan sharks or borrowing from questionab... |
| 03.12.2021 | Access Bank : Appoints New Managing Director | Access Bank Gambia announces the appointment of Mr. Stephen Ahwakyi Abban as its new Managing Director, effective October 1, 2021. He takes over from Mr. Ayokunle Abraham Olajubu who was Managing Director of the Bank since August 1, 2018.
H... |
| 03.12.2021 | Access Bank : Gambia Appoints New Managing Director | Access Bank Gambia announces the appointment of Mr. Stephen Ahwakyi Abban as its new Managing Director, effective October 1, 2021. He takes over from Mr. Ayokunle Abraham Olajubu who was Managing Director of the Bank since August 1, 2018.
H... |
| 29.10.2021 | ACCESS BANK PLC.- QUARTER 3 - FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 2021 | Consolidated Interim and Separate Financial Statements for the period ended 30 September 2021
Access Bank Plc Interim Consolidated and separate financial statements for the period ended 30 September 2021
Access Bank PLC
Index to the consoli... |
| 12.10.2021 | What untapped opportunities are in Nigeria’s agency banking space? | With around 8,000 bank branches – most of them in big cities – in a country of 200 million people, formal banking services remain out of the reach of most Nigerians. A quarter of respondents in a 2018 survey by Enhancing Financial Innovatio... |
| 16.09.2021 | Access Bank : Successfully Launches $500m Eurobond | Eromosele Abiodun
Access Bank Plc yesterday announced its successful launch of a $500 million 144A/RegS Senior Unsecured Eurobond, as part of its Global Medium-Term Note Programme.
According to a notice the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), ... |
| 15.09.2021 | Access Bank successfully launches $500 million Senior Unsecured Eurobond | --> -->
Access Bank Plc has announced the successful launching of a $500 million 144A/RegS Senior Unsecured Eurobond, as part of its Global Medium-Term Note Programme.
According to a notice signed by the company’s secretary, Sunday Ek... |
| 13.07.2021 | What Nigeria should expect as M-KOPA appoints former SafeBoda Country Head as General Manager | Share this article:
Kenyan asset-financing company, M-KOPA, has appointed Babajide Duroshola as General Manager. This is coming a month after he resigned as former Country Head for SafeBoda — Uganda-based bike-hailing startup — in Nigeria, ... |
| 18.06.2021 | Circle of Corporate Innovators launches to create startup-corporate partnerships | Nairobi-based tech accelerator the Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, announced the launch of its Circle of Corporate Innovators on 15 June 2021.
The Circle of Corporate Innovators is a global network of organisations, including major ba... |
| 18.06.2021 | Circle of Corporate Innovators launches to create startup-corporate partnerships | Nairobi-based tech accelerator the Catalyst Fund, managed by BFA Global, announced the launch of its Circle of Corporate Innovators on 15 June 2021.
The Circle of Corporate Innovators is a global network of organisations, including major b... |
| 27.05.2021 | ACCESS BANK PLC
Access Bank : Announces Completion of BancABC Mozambique Acquisition | Further to its announcement on 29 September 2020, Access Bank PLC ('Access Bank') is pleased to announce that its wholly owned banking subsidiary, Access Bank Mozambique S.A. ('Access Mozambique') has completed the acquisition of African Ba... |
| 20.04.2021 | ACCESS BANK PLC
Access Bank : Announces Strategic Transaction in Furtherance of Its Strategy to Be Africa's Gateway to the World | Access Bank Plc ('Access Bank' or 'the Bank') announces today that it has entered into a definitive and binding agreement with ABC Holdings Limited ('ABC Holdings'), a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange listed group - Atlas Mara Limite... |
| 30.03.2021 | ACCESS BANK PLC
Access Bank : Announces Receipt of Regulatory Approvals in Respect of its Proposed Acquisition of Grobank Limited | Sequel to it's earlier announcement on September 29, 2020, Access Bank PLC ('Access Bank' or 'the Bank') announces today that it has received the approvals of the South African and Nigerian regulatory authorities to its proposed acquisition... |
| 02.07.2020 | Carbon reveals the appeal of fintech transparency in second profitable year, with $17million in revenue | In an audited report published this week, Carbon, the Nigerian fintech company, declared that it made the naira equivalent of $312,905 in profit after tax in 2019.
It’s a second successive year of profit for the business. First conceived as... |
| 04.12.2019 | Your dream job could be conditioned on a training bond. Should you accept? | Emeke Ajeh works at a fintech in Lagos where he cannot leave before his first year on the job ends.
“If you’re going to leave, you’re going to pay back what they used to train you,” Ajeh told TechCabal.
Validated by the Nigerian Industrial ... |
| 19.09.2018 | WorldRemit integrates with the WhatsApp Business Solution | Digital money transfer company WorldRemit has added WhatsApp notifications to its service.
Through its integration with the WhatsApp Business solution, customers who use WhatsApp to chat with family and friends can now also receive instant ... |
| 11.05.2015 | Access Bank is Gamifying its Recruitment Process with this Disappearing Application Form | Call it the Snapchat of job application forms.
Nigerian commercial bank, Access Bank is recruiting, in this weird and unconventional manner.
TechCabal came upon the bank’s recruitment website earlier today, which opens up an application por... |
| 11.05.2015 | Access Bank’s New Recruitment Method Is a Disappearing Application Form | Share this article:
Access Bank is recruiting, but not in the way that you think.
On the bank’s recruitment website, the application portal opens for 10 minutes every 24 hours and Access Bank says this will come up everyday till June 10th, ... |
| 03.05.2014 | Access Bank Gets Green Light To Raise Up To $1bn | raise $1 billion in capital, which will be poured into a diverse portfolio, with sectors including power, oil and gas and infrastructure earmarked for investment.
The funds would be sourced in batches of securities offers as the need arises... |
| 14.09.2012 | Nigeria’s Access Bank To Reduce Stake In Zambian Subsidiary By 38% | Nigerian lender Access Bank Plc will slash its 87 percent stake in Zambian subsidiary to 49 percent, following Zambia’s increased recapitalization order for banks in the country and an instruction from Nigeria’s apex bank, CEO of the bank A... |
| 16.08.2012 | The 5 Biggest Banks In Nigeria | Nigeria’s banking sector is back on the right road after the 2010 meltdown that saw the Nigerian Stock Exchange lose 66 percent of its capital in a bank-led crash. The sector, which had previously issued aggressive denials about the levels ... |
| 25.07.2012 | Nigerian Tech Company Improves MFBs With New Digital Platform | Africa’s leading provider of Integrated Banking and Payment software platforms, AppZone Group has launched BankOne, a digital platform which allows customers of Nigerian microfinance banks (MFBs) to access and operate their accounts right f... |