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‘Appealing Access Bank’s digital products to push customer base to 65m by 2022’

The Head, Business Development and Planning at Access Bank Plc, Mr Chinedu Onuoha has given insights on how the financial inclusion appetite coming with several digital products of the bank will gross customer base to over 65m by 2022. Explaining…

Access Bank a Bank with a rigorous, disciplined capital plan—Wigwe

The Group Managing Director/CEO of Africa’s largest bank, Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe, has revealed that his institution remains a Bank with a rigorous and disciplined capital plan. In his remarks on the successful outing of the bank on issuing…

Becoming an intelligent bank today no more an option but necessity—Access Bank chief

Managing Director and Chief Executive of Access Bank Plc., Mr Herbert Wigwe, Thursday opened up at the 2019 Disrupt Summit, a mixed gathering of technology pioneers and start-ups, saying “Becoming an intelligent bank today is not an option but a…

Access Bank reloads Xclusiveplus, targets 100,000 subscribers

Reigning Africa’s largest commercial financial, Access Bank Plc has repackaged its XclusivePlus, a lifestyle proposition designed to provide clients with exceptional services and exclusive privileges with the aim of hitting 100,000 subscribers before year end. Business Hilights recalls that the…

Banks’ making more profits from fintech adoption than physical branches—Akano

Upon the trending fears that payment service providers relying on financial technology (FintTech) are becoming serious threats to conventional banks in Nigeria, latest findings have shown that banks earned more revenue in the last financial year from adoption of FinTechs….

AFF 2019 Briefing
ICT

Start-ups entries hit 10,000 ahead of AFF’s Disrupt 2019 summit in Lagos

The Executive Director, Operations and IT, Access Bank Plc, Mr. Ade Bajomo, Tuesday revealed that the target of 5,000 start-ups entries for the 2019 Disrupt conference of the Africa Fintech Foundry (AFF) planned for Landmark Centre in Victoria Island on…

Strategy, good governance delivered performance for Access Bank—Chairman

The Chairman, Access Bank Plc, Mrs Mosun Belo-Olusoga has made revelations on how the bank scaled through the observable unfavourable market condition to deliver a strong performance driven by effective strategy and strong governance. Addressing shareholders at the bank’s recent…

Access Fintech AGM
ICT

FintechNGR dedicated to breeding young innovators right from schools—Bajomo

Rising from its recent 2nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Social Meet 4.0 hosted by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Vice President of the Fintech Association of Nigeria (FintechNGR), Ade Bajomo, has said that the focus of the Association shall…

Access Bank flags off dual listing of N15bn corporate green bond on Exchange

Emerged largest financial giant in Nigeria, Access Bank Plc., Monday announced the dual-listing of a fully certified Green Bond on the FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange and the Nigerian Stock Exchange. This follows the formal approval of the bond by the…

Access Deal
ICT

New Access Bank’ll up investments in staff, technology to drive efficiency—Wigwe

…As Bank’s N95b PAT in 2018 buoys merger with Diamond The Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc., Herbert Wigwe has opened up on the strategic consolidation plans of the bank as it gears up to April 1, 2019 takeoff of…