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- 26 Dec 2024
Access Bank Plc Emerges First Nigerian Bank to Exceed CBN’s N500bn Regulatory Threshold
Access Holdings Plc has successfully closed its N351 billion Rights Issue, gaining approvals from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This…
- 14 Jul 2023
Standard Chartered Affirms its Commitment to Nigeria while Entering into Sales Agreements with Access Bank Plc in Five African Countries
Standard Chartered Bank and Access Bank Plc (Access) have entered into agreements for the sale of Standard Chartered’s shareholding in its subsidiaries in Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia, and Sierra…
- 12 Nov 2018
Diamond Bank, Access Bank Deny Merger Rumour
Diamond Bank Plc and Access Bank Plc have notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the general public that both banks are not in any merger or acquisition talks as being circulated in some…
- 18 Dec 2018
Diamond Bank’s Managers to Lose Jobs over Access Bank Acquisition
Diamond Bank Plc’s acquisition by Access Bank will come at a heavy cost to the Diamond Bank management team, especially on job security. The management team is likely to be disbanded. …
- 25 Mar 2024
Access Bank Introduces Innovative Offline Banking Platform
Access Bank Plc has launched its latest digital initiation, 901.ng, an offline-banking platform aimed at providing customers with an additional avenue to conduct seamless daily transactions,…
- 5 Mar 2019
Access Bank, Diamond Bank Shareholders Approve Merger
Shareholders of Access Bank Plc and Diamond Bank Plc on Tuesday unanimously approved the merger of both financial institutions aimed at creating a formidable force. The shareholders gave the approval…
- 1 Jan 2019
Access Bank, Diamond Bank Customers to Use 3100 ATMs without N65 Charges
Customers of Access Bank Plc and Diamond Bank Plc from Tuesday will have access to 3,100 Access Bank and Diamond Bank Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), without paying the customary N65 per…
- 7 May 2021
Zenith, Access Banks Join Race to Acquire Union Bank
Zenith Bank Plc and Access Bank Plc, two Nigerian lenders – are among the list of financial institutions from Africa and the Middle East that have indicated an interest in the acquisition of Union…
- 10 Aug 2018
Access Bank Introduces WhatsApp Banking
Access Bank Plc has stated that it has deepened its commitment towards providing easy banking experience to customers by leveraging WhatsApp social media platform to bring its Banking Relationship…
- 19 Jan 2024
Access Bank to Acquire 80 Percent Stake in Finance Trust Bank
Access Holdings Plc said its subsidiary, Access Bank has agreed to acquire a majority stake of 80 per cent in Finance Trust Bank Limited (FTB) in Uganda. The deal will also see Access Bank…
- 26 Mar 2021
CBN, Others Give Access Bank Nod to Acquire New Bank
Access Bank Plc, yesterday said that has received approvals from regulators in South Africa and Nigeria, including the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which supervises the sector in the country, to…
- 14 Nov 2023
Interswitch System Glitch: Court Orders Freezing of Accounts in 54 Banks
Justice Peter Lifu (JP) of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an order freezing some accounts in about 54 financial institutions in the country where alleged funds from Interswitch…
- 19 Feb 2020
CBN Releases List of Authorised Banks in Nigeria
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released the list of deposit money banks and financial holding companies operating in Nigeria, meaning that anybody who transacts banking business outside the list…
- 13 Jan 2019
Access Bank Mulls New Identity after Merger with Diamond Bank
The corporate identity of Access Bank Plc may have to change after the conclusion of its merger with Diamond Bank Plc in June 2019, Mr Herbert Wigwe and Mr Uzoma Dozie, CEOs of Access Bank and…
- 19 Nov 2014
Access Bank, Airtel Ink Deal at "Access Money" Launch
Access Bank Plc, leading financial institution, has collaborated with Airtel foremost telecom operator, to develop and launch mobile money service, Access Money powered by Airtel. This…
- 3 May 2017
CBN Expels 16 Banks from Forex Market
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday stopped 16 Deposit Money Banks from participating in the Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SMEs)window of the foreign exchange market. Isaac Okorafor,…
- 12 Jul 2021
Access Bank to Boost Digital Service Banking
Access Bank Plc has said its customers can now have access to simple, fast and secure tech-driven solutions to all digital banking challenges via its newly launched AccessX experience centre. The…
- 17 Sept 2020
Access Bank Reaffirms Support for An Innovative, Smart Lagos State
Mr. Herbert Wigwe, managing director and chief executive officer of Access Bank Plc, has said that Access Bank Plc will not relent in supporting innovative programmes aimed at transforming Lagos into…
- 3 Dec 2019
Access Bank to Give Customers More Rewards this Season
Access Bank Plc, Nigeria’s leading retail bank, has unveiled series of exciting rewards for its customers to celebrate the yuletide season. The campaign tagged ‘More Xtravaganza’, will run from…
- 18 May 2021
Access Bank Buys Mozambique’s African Banking Corporation in Latest Frenzy
Access Bank Plc has acquired Mozambique’s African Banking Corporation, as part of its aggressive expansion drive in African continent. There is no mention of the value of the transaction yet. Its…
- 6 Feb 2019
Access, Diamond Banks ‘Merger t0 Revolutionize Sector
The recent merger of Access Bank Plc and Diamond Bank Plc is a development that has attracted critical reviews, mixed expectations and fears by industry experts and stakeholders alike. At the…
- 14 Jun 2013
UBA, Others Ink Agreement for OTC Market
Four settlement banks appointed by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) which include United Bank for Africa UBA) Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc, and Sterling Bank Plc…
- 17 Dec 2018
Access Bank Dangles Juicy Offers on Diamond Bank Shareholders
The board of Diamond Bank Plc has confirmed reports in the media relating to the acquisition of the company by another financial institution, Access Bank Plc. In a statement issued on Monday…
- 8 Jun 2022
Access Bank Offers N15Bn for Acquisition of Kenya’s Sidian Bank
Access Bank Plc, Nigerian lender, is offering to acquire Kenya’s Sidian Bank Limited, for N15 billion ($37 million). The amount is for the purchase of the 83.4 per cent shareholding of Centum…
- 9 Jul 2020
Access Bank in Discussion For Acquisition Of Zambian Bank
Access Bank Plc has entered into exclusive discussions with Cavmont Capital Holdings Zambia Plc on the acquisition of Cavmont Bank Limited. In a regulatory filing at the Nigerian Stock Exchange…
- 8 Apr 2021
CBN Freezes 84 Bank Accounts of Firms/Persons under Investigation
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has secured an interim order of a federal high court in Abuja, freezing 84 bank accounts belonging to 25 individuals and companies. Those affected by the new order…
- 27 Aug 2025
Roosevelt Ogbonna Steps Down from Access Holdings Board, Remains Access Bank CEO
Access Holdings Plc has announced the resignation of Mr. Roosevelt Ogbonna from its Board of Directors, following over three years of service as a Non-Executive Director. The company disclosed this…
- 1 Apr 2014
Access Bank Inaugurates e-Branch
Access Bank Plc has opened a self-service electronic branch in Ikota, Lagos State, as part of efforts to promote inclusive banking and the cashless policy. The bank said the self-service banking…
- 22 May 2019
Access Bank Partners Fintech to Modernise Banking Processes
Mr. Herbert Wigwe, Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc, has said that Access Bank has continued to innovate through the creation and adoption of modern banking tools and by leveraging on…
- 5 Aug 2015
Name and Shame: FCMB, MRS Fight over N6.2Bn Debt
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)-initiated name and shame campaign of banks’ delinquent debtors gained further momentum on Wednesday as First City Monument Bank Limited and Ecobank Nigeria published…