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- 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…
- 28 Jan 2024
Access Holdings Gets Regulatory Approval to Acquire Majority Stake in ARM Pensions
Access Holdings Plc has disclosed that Access Golf Nigeria Limited, a majority shareholder of Access Pensions Limited and a subsidiary of Access Holdings, has received the necessary regulatory…
- 26 Dec 2023
Access Holdings Appoints Jimoh As Chairman
Access Holdings Plc has appointed Mr. Abubakar Jimoh as the chairman of its Board of Directors. The appointment follows the demise of Mr. Bababode Osunkoya, the former chairman of the Board of…
- 25 Apr 2024
Shareholders Approve $1.5bn Capital Raising for Access Holdings
The shareholders of Access Holdings Plc have unanimously approved the company’s proposed capital raising of $1.5 billion through a bond or share sale and a further N365 billion via a Rights Issue to…
- 29 Apr 2022
NGX Commends Access Holdings Contributions to the Economy
Temi Popoola, the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Limited, has commended Access Holding Plc’s contribution to the Nigerian growth story and assured NGX’s commitment to collaborating with…
- 21 Apr 2024
Access Holdings to Use Tech in Raising N365bn Capital
Access Holdings, the parent company of Nigeria’s largest bank, Access Bank, has said that it will be going fully digital for its N365bn rights issue. Bolaji Agbede, the Group Chief Executive Officer…
- 19 Jul 2026
Access Holdings Sells 7.44% Stake in Ghana Unit
Access Holdings Plc has completed the sale of a 7.44% stake in its Ghanaian subsidiary, a move believe is tied to a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rule capping how much local banks can hold in foreign…
- 5 Aug 2026
Access Holdings Deepens Sustainable Finance Impact, Expanding Green Assets to ₦92.14 Billion
Access Holdings Plc has published its Sustainability Report for the year ended 31 December 2025 on the Nigerian Exchange Limited, demonstrating how the Group is translating sustainability commitments…
- 18 May 2025
Access Holdings Sets Benchmark in Fraud Prevention With ₦193.5Bn Tech Investment
As global financial fraud surges to over $485 billion in annual losses, Access Holdings PLC is setting a new standard in Africa’s banking industry through aggressive and strategic investment in…
- 17 Apr 2026
Access Holdings, Coronation Partner Tate Modern to Spotlight Nigerian Modernism
Access Holdings Plc and Coronation Group have partnered with Tate Modern to commemorate World Art Day with a virtual session highlighting the global significance of Nigerian modernism. Access…
- 11 Jun 2026
Access Holdings Affirms Long-Term Value Strategy @ 4th AGM
Access Holdings Plc has held its 4th Annual General Meeting (AGM), reaffirming its strategic transition towards long-term value creation, balance sheet resilience, and disciplined growth, even as it…
- 19 Dec 2025
Access Holdings Shareholders Approved to Raise N40bn Capital Through Private Placement
Access Holdings Plc has received the approval of its shareholders to raise additional capital of up to N40 billion or such other amount or their equivalent in foreign currencies, via private…
- 22 Jan 2024
CBN Licenses Access Holdings to Establish Consumer Lending Subsidiary
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has granted approval in principle to Access Holdings Plc, the parent company of Access Bank, to establish Oxygen X Finance Company Limited, a consumer lending…
- 13 Jan 2023
Access Holdings Aborts Planned Takeover of Kenya’s Sidian Bank
Access Holdings has aborted the bid to acquire a controlling stake in Sidian Bank Limited, headquartered in Kenya, Nigeria’s biggest lender said, pulling the plug on a deal first announced barely…
- 25 Dec 2024
CBN Disqualifies 41.65m Shares in Access Holdings Rights Issue
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disqualified 41.65 million shares worth N822.60m in Access Holdings Plc’s recently concluded rights issue, according to a corporate notice filed on the Nigerian…
- 21 May 2025
CBN, SEC Fine Access Holdings N1.21Bn for Infractions
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have jointly imposed a total fine of ₦1.21bn on Access Holdings Plc for a series of regulatory breaches committed during…
- 27 May 2024
Access Holdings Seeks for Responsible Use of AI @ Smart Banking Summit
Access Holdings PLC, a leading financial services group, has echoed the need for ethical considerations in using Artificial Intelligence (AI), calling stakeholders in the financial industry to factor…
- 12 Feb 2024
Access Holdings Appoints Agbede as Acting GCEO
The Board of Directors of Access Holdings Plc (‘the Company’) has announced the appointment of Ms. Bolaji Agbede as the acting group chief executive officer of the Company following the unfortunate…
- 12 Feb 2024
ACAMB Mourns Exit of ‘the Fearless One ’ Dr. Herbert Wigwe, CEO of Access Holdings
It is with profound sadness and a heavy heart that The Association of Corporate & Marketing Communications Professionals in Nigeria Banks (ACAMB) extends its deepest condolences to Access…
- 14 Aug 2026
Access Holdings Sets New Benchmark in Nigeria's Finance Talent Pipeline
New data from CFA Society Nigeria is reshaping how the country's financial sector thinks about talent development, with Access emerging as the single largest source of CFA candidates in Nigeria,…
- 15 Nov 2019
Access Bank Holds Business Seminar for Entrepreneurs in Kaduna
Access Bank said it will continue to support entrepreneurs to achieve their dreams. The bank stated this yesterday in Kaduna during a business seminar for over 100 entrepreneurs. The event…
- 6 Aug 2020
Access Bank Buys Zambian Cavmont Capital Holdings
The Zambian subsidiary of Access Bank has agreed to buy Cavmont Capital Holdings, the Zambian arm of Namibian financial services group Capricorn, for a nominal fee of 1 kwacha ($0.0014), Capricorn…
- 15 Feb 2016
Resolution of MTN/NCC Feud Holds Key to Broadband Access
The resolution of the deadlock between the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) and MTN Nigeria, the mobile operator, is key to driving local broadband penetration, according to First Bank of…
- 21 Mar 2024
Access Bank to Acquire National Bank of Kenya
Access Holdings Plc has entered into a binding agreement with Kenyan-based KCB Group Plc for the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of National Bank of Kenya Limited. The deal will see…
- 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…
- 10 Dec 2023
Fidelity Bank, Others Top List of Most Capitalized Banks in Q3 2023
Fidelity Bank, leading financial institution, has been listed as one of most capitalized banks in Nigeria based on Q3 2023 financial results. According to an article published in Thisday newspapers,…
- 14 Jul 2023
Access Bank Completes Acquisition of Angolan’s Finibanco
Access Bank Plc, the flagship subsidiary of Access Holdings, has completed its acquisition of majority equity in Angolan entity, Finibanco Angola S.A. This was revealed in a notice filed on the…
- 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…
- 1 Nov 2023
Lagos, Afreximbank Sign $1.35bn Facility for Infrastructure
Lagos State and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), supported by Access Holding Plc have signed a deal for a $1.35 billion facility for infrastructure and food security in the state. The…
- 14 Apr 2025
Kenyan CBN Okays Access Bank Full Acquisition Of NBK
Access Bank, a subsidiary of Nigeria’s Access Holdings Plc, has received final regulatory approvals to acquire 100 per cent shareholding of the National Bank of Kenya (NBK), marking a significant…