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Access Bank unveils student credit card to drive financial inclusion in schools

Leading retail banking giant, Access Bank Plc has introduced a credit card for students of tertiary institutions across the country. A statement issued by the bank and made available to Business Hilights weekend said the credit card, tagged Access Bank…

Why Access Bank bagged Euromoney’s Best Commercial Banking Capabilities award

Facts have come up as to why leading financial institution, Access Bank Plc won the ‘Best Commercial Banking Capabilities’ award by Euromoney, a global financial publication. Euromoney in its recently released results of the annual Private Banking and Wealth Management…

Some banks (Tier-2) at risk of going down should dollar hit N450— Fitch Report

—UBA, Zenith, Access, 2 others strong A recent stress test conducted by leading international financial surveillance agency, Fitch Ratings has indicated that some tier-2 banks (banks with total assets less than N2tn) will fall below the capital adequacy ratio of…

Access Bank ups CSR, pledges new male hostel, Zik’s Flats renovation at UNN

The Group Managing Director of Access bank Plc., Mr. Herbert Wigwe has promised to build a new male hostel for the students of University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). The bank also pledged to renovate the dilapidated Zik’s flats to help…

Access Bank, Western Union reward customer with new car

In keeping with its customer-centric policy, Access Bank Plc’s customer has been presented with brand new car at an event in Lagos as one of the winners in the Western Union year-end promotional campaign. Access Bank was among the lenders…

Why Access Bank gazetted paternity leave for male employees

Inculcation of an inclusive workplace regime (IWR) has been explained as the core reason why leading banking group, Access Bank Plc, beginning from January 2018, approved the parental leave policy that extends paid benefits to all new mothers and fathers….

Access, UBA lead other 8 banks to drive N93trn inflow to FIS, currency

Between January and November in 2017, about 10 financial institutions led by Access Bank Plc, Ecobank Nigeria Limited and Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, facilitated investment in fixed income securities (FIS) and currency valued at N93.36 trillion on the FMDQ OTC…

Access Bank pulls $250m to drive MSMEs in agric sub-sector

In a show of keying in to the federal government agro-driven diversification, Access Bank Plc has said it will provide funding for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), at an attractive interest rate. Executive Director, Business Banking, Access Bank…

Access Bank partner Dangote, others to drive Fintech disruption in Nigeria

L-R: Knut Ulvmoen, Group Executive Director, Herbert Wigwe, Group Managing Director/CEO, Access Bank Plc; Mosun Belo-Olusoga, Board Chairman, Access Bank Plc; Joseph Makoju, Honorary Adviser to the President/CE, Dangote Group, and Victor Etuokwu, Executive Director, Personal Banking, Access Bank at…

Access Bank unveils 2018 – 2022 Group Strategy Plan at NSE

L – r: Bola Adeeko, Head, Corporate Services Division, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE); Oscar N. Onyema, OON, Chief Executive Officer, NSE; Herbert Wigwe, Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc and Roosevelt Ogbonna, Group Deputy General Manager Director, Access Bank…