Corporate Profile

Access Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Access Holdings Plc, is a leading full-service commercial bank operating through a network of more than 700 branches and service outlets spanning 3 continents, 22 countries and over 60 million customers. The Bank employs over 28,000 thousand people in its operations across Africa, the United Kingdom, and Europe, with representative offices in China, Lebanon, India and the UAE.

Access Bank’s parent company, Access Holdings Plc, has been listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange since 1998. The Bank is a diversified financial institution which combines a strong retail customer franchise and digital platform with deep corporate banking expertise, proven risk management and capital management capabilities. The Bank services its various markets through five business segments: Personal, Business, Operations and IT, Commercial and Corporate & Investment Banking. Access Bank has enjoyed what is arguably Africa’s most successful banking growth trajectory in the last 18 years, becoming one of the continent’s largest retail banks.

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, helping customers to access more and achieve their dreams.

As a pacesetter in the sustainability space, the Bank played a key role in collaborating with the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and other leading banks to develop the globally recognised Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB). Being the only West African bank in the Core Group, it actively participated in shaping these principles, which have become the benchmark for responsible banking institutions worldwide.

In honour of its defining roles across its countries of operations, Access Bank has been accorded recognition by reputable domestic and global organisations.  Some of these recognitions include the: Karlsruhe Award for Outstanding Business Sustainability Achievement (eight-time consecutive winner); World Finance Award for Most Sustainable Bank (eleven-time winner); Central Bank of Nigeria Award for Sustainable Bank of the Year (three-time consecutive winner), amongst others. The Bank was also rated as the overall best company in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in an article published by Forbes Africa.