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- 6 Jun 2025
Interswitch, Bank of Sierra Leone Champion Financial Inclusion @ Sierra Leone Fintech Forum 2.0
As part of its sustained efforts to accelerate Sierra Leone’s digital finance transformation, Interswitch, one of Africa’s leading integrated payments and digital commerce companies, in collaboration…
- 25 Sept 2025
IFC Provides Local Currency Support to Access Bank to Expand SME Lending
To help address financing gaps, strengthen private sector growth, and promote inclusive economic development in Sierra Leone, IFC announced a partnership with Access Bank (Sierra Leone) Ltd (ABSL) to…
- 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…
- 17 Sept 2018
Access Bank Partners Worldremit On Money Transfer
WorldRemit, international digital money transfer service has partnered with Access Bank for instant money transfers to Access Bank accounts in Nigeria. The new partnership further expands…
- 9 Dec 2021
Access Bank, IFC Empowers 100 Female Entrepreneurs Across Africa
Access Bank Plc and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have empowered 100 female entrepreneurs across Africa who graduated from the bank’s ‘W’ Womenpreneur pitch-a-ton Africa initiative. The…
- 23 Nov 2020
Access Bank, IFC Empower 50 Female Entrepreneurs
Access Bank Plc and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have empowered 50 women across Africa who graduated from the bank’s ‘W’ Womenpreneur pitch-a-ton Africa initiative. The participants…
- 7 Dec 2018
Access Bank Presents Born In Africa Festival
Access Bank is introducing to the African entertainment and lifestyle scene, a highly entertaining fusion of Music, Art, Film and Fashion - Born in Africa Festival (BAFEST). Designed uniquely…
- 10 Feb 2025
Customers File Class Action Suits against Access and Zenith Banks
Customers have instituted a class action lawsuit against Access and Zenith Banks, two of the leading banks in the country. In the first case, customers of Access Bank have alleged gross negligence,…
- 5 Nov 2018
Access Bank, Transfast Partner for Instant Money Transfer to Nigeria
Transfast, a leading provider of cross-border payments and remittance solutions, has partnered with Access Bank to facilitate inflow of remittance to bank accounts & delivery in the form of cash…
- 22 Jun 2021
Access Bank Launches Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Season 3, Pledges to Empowering Female Entrepreneurs Across Africa
As part of the Bank’s mandate to empower female entrepreneurs with financial and business skills, Access Bank Plc has unveiled the third edition of its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Africa programme. The…
- 19 May 2016
How Digital ‘Wallets’ Payments To Ebola Workers Saved Lives, $10m- UN
Mobile phones serving as digital “wallets” for payments to response workers proved an invaluable tool in Sierra Leone’s response to the Ebola crisis, according to a new study from the United…
- 1 Feb 2023
IFC Partners Union Bank of Nigeria to Support Trade, SMEs
To boost access to finance for smaller businesses in Nigeria and to support increased trade, IFC yesterday announced a partnership with Union Bank of Nigeria Plc to help the bank expand lending to…
- 8 Sept 2010
GTBank Reaches Out to Nigerians in Diaspora
Guaranty Trust Bank has introduced a vibrant new service called the Non-Resident Nigerian (NRN) Banking Services. The Non-Resident Nigerian (NRN) Banking Services is aimed at offering Nigerians in…
- 8 Dec 2025
UBA Wins Africa’s Bank of the Year for Third Time in Five Years
Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has once again, reaffirmed its leadership as one of the continent’s most innovative and resilient financial institutions, as the bank has, for…
- 26 Aug 2014
Ebola Fight Needs $430m to End Record Outbreak-WHO
More than $430 million will be needed to bring the worst Ebola outbreak on record under control, according to a draft document laying out the World Health Organization’s (WHO) battle strategy. The…
- 9 Nov 2014
MasterCard, UBA Partner for Access to ePayment
MasterCard, and United Bank for Africa (UBA), have completed a multi-country licensing project that will see the pan-African bank accept and issue MasterCard prepaid, debit and credit cards in 14…
- 6 Dec 2020
CIBN Chief Tasks Banks on Strengthening Cybersecurity
Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has urged banks to strengthen their cybersecurity architecture to protect themselves against attacks by fraudsters. Mr. Bayo Olugbemi,…
- 8 Mar 2021
Diaspora Remittances: Firstbank to Reward customers with N5 for Every Dollar Received
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider is rewarding customers with N5 for every dollar received through foreign remittances. This N5 for a dollar…
- 26 Mar 2015
MasterCard Debuts MSMEs Focused Acceptance Development Program in Nigeria
MasterCard has launched Nigeria’s first Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) focused Acceptance Development Program that will extend the security and convenience of electronic payments to…
- 7 Dec 2012
AfDB Offers African Countries Access to GCF in New Report
A new report by the African Development Bank , in collaboration with Vivid Economics, makes concrete proposals that will facilitate access by African countries to the Green Climate Fund. Launched in…
- 17 Nov 2008
Microsoft Software Gives Value to Businesses-Onyeje
Emmanuel Onyeje is responsible for Microsoft’s business in Gambia, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. He has 12 years of experience working in the country’s technology sector. Onyeje…
- 15 Nov 2024
UBA Plans to Raise N239.4Bn via Rights Issue
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Africa’s Global Bank will raise N239.4 billion through a Rights Issue of 6,839,884,274 ordinary shares of 50 kobo each at N35.00 per share. The Rights Issue,…
- 2 Aug 2022
PIC Leads Pension Funds Investing in Africa’s Infrastructure via AFC
In a significant milestone for African pension capital being deployed for domestic infrastructure and industrial development, the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), Africa’s largest asset manager,…
- 24 Oct 2023
How Access to Finance Changes Lives
By Carol-Jean Harward, Investment Director, Norsad Capital Africa has undoubtedly made immense gains in lifting people out of poverty. But it’s also clear that there’s still a long way to go, with…
- 23 Oct 2013
Okonkwo Succeeds Ihejiahi as MD of Fidelity Bank
Board of directors of Fidelity Bank Plc, Tuesday, named Nnamdi Okonkwo as successor to Reginald Ihejiahi, who will serve out his 10-year maximum term as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer…
- 14 Dec 2022
Bank of Industry, IFC Partner to Empower MSMEs
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Bank of Industry (BoI) have partnered to strengthen trade and boost access to finance for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in…
- 18 Dec 2019
UBA, TerraPay Partner on Real-Time Money Transfer Services
TerraPay, a mobile-first international payment network, has announced partnering with UBA Group, a leading pan-African financial services group headquartered in Nigeria, to facilitate real-time money…
- 23 Sept 2014
MasterCard-Branded Cards at Ecobank Subsidiaries in 28 African Countries
Ecobank Transnational Inc. and MasterCard on Tuesday announced that consumers can now use their MasterCard prepaid, debit and credit cards at Ecobank’s ATMs and Point of Sale terminals in 28 African…
- 11 Apr 2014
GTBank, Avios Launch Loyalty Reward Scheme
Guaranty Trust Bank plc has announced the launch of its new loyalty scheme exclusively for GTBank credit card holders. The loyalty scheme is in partnership with Avios, the leading global travel…
- 25 Oct 2019
Internet Access Too Costly for Most in Africa
Internet access is still expensive and beyond the reach of many Africans, says the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) in its 2019 Affordability Index report released this week. According to the…