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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Nigerian Stock Exchange: ACCESS | |
| ISIN | NGACCESS0005 |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters | Victoria Island, Lagos Lagos State, Nigeria |
Key people | Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede Group Chairman[1] Bolaji Agbede Acting Group Managing Director & Acting Group CEO |
| Products | Banks, Mortgages Investments |
| Total assets | US $25.513 billion (NGN: 10.055 trillion) for Q2:2021 |
Number of employees | 28,121+ (2021) |
| Website | www |
Access Bank Group is a financial services conglomerate, headquartered in Nigeria, with subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, The Gambia, Guinea, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Botswana, South Africa, 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.[2] As of July 2021, the group serviced in excess of 42 million customers[3] in Africa.[4][5] After the merger of Access Bank plc and Diamond Bank on April 1, 2019, Access Bank plc is today the Africa’s largest bank by customer base, and the largest bank in Nigeria by asset.[6]
- ^ Deborah Dan-Awoh (13 March 2024). "Access Holdings board of directors appoints Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede as Chairman". Nairametrics. Lagos, Nigeria. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ Radio France Internationale (16 May 2023). "Leading Nigerian bank opens French subsidiary in Paris". Radio France Internationale. Paris, France. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Access Bank grows customer base to 42 million". punchng.com. 20 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021.
- ^ James Anyanzwa (3 November 2019). "Nigeria's biggest lender enters EA market to grow African footprint". The EastAfrican. Nairobi. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ Faith Ikade (3 June 2020). "Access Bank Becomes Major Shareholder In Its Rwanda Subsidiary". Lagos: Ventures Africa. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Access Bank takes top spot as Nigeria's biggest bank by asset". premiumtimesng.com. April 2021. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021.