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- 19 Nov 2019
Ajoritsedere Awosika Replaces Belo-Olusoga as Chairman of Access Bank
The Board of Directors of Access Bank Plc has appointed Dr. Ajoritsedere Awosika, as its chairman, taking over from Mrs. Mosun Belo-Olusoga who will be retiring in January 2020. Belo-Olusoga…
- 25 Jun 2024
Alleged Blackmail of Zinox Chairman and Access Bank by Benjamin Joseph: The Full Story
By Adamu Sanni, Public Affairs Analyst An undue reprieve came the way of Mr. Benjamin Joseph, an indigene of Enugu State and Managing Director of Ibadan-based Citadel Oracle Concepts Limited, on…
- 18 May 2022
Access Bank emerges Best Performing Stock, Awosika Best Chairman of the Year
Access Bank has emerged the best performing stock in 2021 by the Nigeria Exchange Limited (NGX). The Bank earned this recognition at the 2022 Nigerian Investor Value Awards (NIVA) organised by…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 3 Jul 2013
Wigwe to Succeed Aig-Imoukhuede as GMD/CEO @ Access Bank
Board of directors of Access Bank Plc has appointed Mr. Herbert Wigwe to succeed Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, as group managing director/ chief executive officer when he retires from the bank in December.…
- 13 Sept 2016
Access Bank Wins CIBN Award
The Access Bank School of Banking Excellence has won the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Award for the Best Bank Academy in the year 2016. The award was in recognition of the quality…
- 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…
- 29 Jan 2013
Access Bank Appoints Ndukwe as Director
Access Bank Plc, Nigeria’s financial powerhouse has appointed Dr. Ernest Ndukwe, former executive vice chairman of Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) to its board as a non-executive director.…
- 2 May 2021
Access Bank Assures Shareholders of Higher Dividend Payment
Access Bank Plc has assured shareholders of sustained dividend payout and improved performance in the years ahead. Mr Herbert Wigwe, Chief Executive Officer of the bank, gave the assurance while…
- 4 May 2014
Access Bank Plans $1Bn Capital Upgrade
ACCESS Bank Plc has unveiled plans to shore up its capital base to the tune of $1 billion, as the shareholders, at the 25 yearly general meeting, in Lagos, approved the proposal. The fund raising,…
- 6 Jul 2026
Access Bank, Fifth Chukker and UNICEF Renew Commitment to Expanding Educational Opportunities for Nigeria’s Most Vulnerable Children
The transformative power of collective action in expanding access to education took centre stage in London as Access Bank UK, Fifth Chukker, UNICEF and the Kaduna State Government reaffirmed their…
- 15 Dec 2017
Ekeh, Zinox Boss Declares Access Bank Ready for Digital Disruption
Leo Stan Ekeh, serial digital entrepreneur and chairman, Zinox Group, has declared that foremost financial institution, Access Bank Plc. is eminently equipped to take advantage of the impending…
- 31 Jul 2015
Access Bank Announces Retirement Oyebode, Appointment of Belo-Olusoga as Board Chairperson
Access Bank Plc has announced the retirement of Mr. Gbenga Oyebode as a director and Chairman of the Bank and the appointment of Mrs. Mosun Belo-Olusoga as his successor with effect from July…
- 1 Aug 2018
Team C-Stell Win as Access Bank Partners AFF in Nigeria’s Largest Hackathon
Team Cosmos Constellation (C-Stell) emerged as winners of the //Re:Code Nigeria Hackathon 2018 themed “Data Hack” which was sponsored by Access Bank Plc in partnership with Africa Fintech Foundry…
- 8 Oct 2020
Access Bank Recommend Ways Toward Achieving SDG
Dr Gregory Jobome, the executive director, Risk Management Division, Access Bank Plc, has called for the adoption of a range of non-traditional mechanisms to raise additional funds for development…
- 3 May 2026
Access Bank Warns Nigerians against Fake WhatsApp Investment Groups using Aig-Imoukhuede’s Identity
Access Bank has said that scammers are impersonating, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, former group chairman, with fraudulent WhatsApp investment groups and warned Nigerians to avoid and report groups. The…
- 19 Feb 2019
Court Orders EFCC to Release of Ayeni, Ex-Skye Bank Chairman
Justice Yusuf Halilu of an Abuja High Court on Tuesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release detained Tunde Ayeni, former chairman of Skye bank, from its…
- 9 Dec 2020
Coronation Insurance Partners Access bank on Bancassurance Drive
Coronation Insurance has taken bold steps to drive Bancassurance by going into partnership with Access Bank Plc. Industry watchers believe the synergy will enhance Bancassurance initiative in the…
- 19 Sept 2022
NITDA, GLO, Access Bank Others to Light Up NITRA ICT Growth Conference 2.0
The Second Edition of the Nigeria Information Telecommunications Reporters Association (NITRA) ICT Growth conference has continued to gather momentum, as more stakeholders' companies indicate…
- 27 Dec 2018
Diamond Bank Appoints Babade Acting Chairman
Diamond Bank Plc on Thursday notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) that following the recent resignation of Mr. Oluseyi Bickersteth as director/ chairman, effective December 24, 2018. …
- 2 Feb 2025
Customers’ USSD Access Intact as Banks’ Settle USSD Debt
Almost all e nine banks earmarked for disconnection from Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) service over a N160 billion debt have reportedly made good progress in terms of repayment,…
- 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…
- 30 Aug 2021
Kaduna IRS Seals 4 Banks’ Branches over N300.5m Tax Defaults
Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) has sealed the head offices and other branches of four banks in over N300.5 million unpaid taxes. Gov. Nasir El Rufai Dr Zaid Abubakar, executive…
- 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…
- 19 Aug 2024
Elumelu Unwraps Ucee Microfinance Bank
Tony Elumelu, chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA), has launched Ucee Microfinance Bank (MFB), a subsidiary of United Capital Plc, Africa’s leading investment bank and financial services group.…
- 1 Dec 2025
Yuletide: Banks’ CEOs Says There Will Be Steady Cash Supply
Oliver Alawuba, group managing director, United Bank for Africa and also chairman the Body of Bank CEOs, has assured banks’ customers of a steady cash supply across all branches and restated that the…
- 2 May 2017
Omobolanle Johnson, Others Inaugurated into Board of ACT Foundation
Dr. (Mrs) Omobolanle Johnson, former minister of Information Technology; Tunde Folawiyo, group managing director, Folawiyo Group; among others have been inaugurated as Board members of Nigeria’s…