Access Bank Group

Access Bank Group
Company typePrivate
Nigerian Stock Exchange: ACCESS
ISINNGACCESS0005
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989)
HeadquartersVictoria Island, Lagos
Lagos State, Nigeria
Key people
Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede
Group Chairman[1]
Bolaji Agbede
Acting Group Managing Director & Acting Group CEO
ProductsBanks, Mortgages Investments
Total assetsUS $22.419 billion[2]
(NGN: 36.5 trillion) (30 June 2024)
Number of employees
28,121+ (2021)
Websitewww.accessbankplc.com

Access Bank Group is a financial services conglomerate, headquartered in Nigeria, with subsidiaries in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, The Gambia, Guinea, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Botswana, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, France and the United Kingdom. The group also maintains representative offices in China, India, Lebanon and United Arab Emirates.

In May 2023, the bank group opened an operational banking subsidiary in Paris, France. It is reported that the French subsidiary will first focus on funding trade finance between France and francophone Africa, before opening subsidiaries in French-speaking Africa.[3] As of July 2021, the group serviced in excess of 42 million customers[4] in Africa.[5][6] After the merger of Access Bank Plc. and Diamond Bank on 1 April 2019, Access Bank Plc is now Africa’s largest bank by customer base, and the largest bank in Nigeria by assets.[7]

  1. ^ Deborah Dan-Awoh (13 March 2024). "Access Holdings board of directors appoints Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede as Chairman". Nairametrics. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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  3. ^ Radio France Internationale (16 May 2023). "Leading Nigerian bank opens French subsidiary in Paris". Radio France Internationale. Paris, France. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Access Bank grows customer base to 42 million". punchng.com. 20 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021.
  5. ^ James Anyanzwa (3 November 2019). "Nigeria's biggest lender enters EA market to grow African footprint". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  6. ^ Faith Ikade (3 June 2020). "Access Bank Becomes Major Shareholder In Its Rwanda Subsidiary". Lagos: Ventures Africa. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Access Bank takes top spot as Nigeria's biggest bank by asset". premiumtimesng.com. April 2021. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021.