Something About
Access Bank Plc, commonly known as Access Bank, is a Nigerian multinational commercial bank, owned by Access Bank Group. Access Bank Plc is a full service commercial Bank operating through a network of over 310 branches and service outlets located in major centers across Nigeria, Sub Saharan Africa and the United Kingdom. Listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 1998, the Bank serves its various markets through 5 business segments: Institutional, Commercial, Retail Banking, Transaction Services.
The Bank has over 800,000 shareholders including several Nigerian and International Institutional Investors and has enjoyed what is arguably Africa’s most successful banking growth trajectory in the last ten years ranking amongst Africa’s top 20 banks by total assets and capital in 2012.
As part of its continued growth strategy, Access Bank is focused on mainstreaming sustainable business practices into its operations. The Bank strives to deliver sustainable economic growth that is profitable, environmentally responsible and socially relevant.
The principal activity of the Bank continues to be the provision of money market activities, retail banking, granting of loans and advances, equipment leasing, corporate finance and foreign exchange operations. The Bank operates four business segments: The institutional banking division provides bespoke comprehensive banking products and a range of services to multinationals, domestic corporates and other institutional clients; Commercial Banking segment provides commercial banking products and services to the middle and retail segments of the Nigerian market; The financial markets division provides finance solutions to meet the short, medium and long-term financing needs for the Bank’s clients as well as relationship banking services to the Bank’s financial institutions customers, and The retail banking division provides financial products and services to individuals.
