Access Bank Plc
| Public:NSE:ACCESS | |
| Industry | Banking |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Headquarters |
Plot 999c, Danmole Street Off Adeola Odeku/Idejo Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria |
Key people |
Mosun Belo-Olusoga Chairperson Herbert Wigwe Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer |
| Products | Loans, Credit Cards, Savings, Investments, Mortgages |
| Revenue |
 Aftertax US$298 million (NGN:59 billion) (2015) |
| Total assets | US$12.2+ billion (NGN:2.412 trillion) (2015) |
Number of employees | 9,000+ (2012) |
| Website | Homepage |
Access Bank Plc, commonly known as Access Bank, is a Nigerian multinational commercial bank, owned by Access Bank Group. It is licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the central bank and national banking regulator.[1]
Locations
The bank's headquarters is located in the city of Lagos, the financial capital of Nigeria. The coordinates of the bank's headquarters are: 6°26'38.0"N, 3°24'55.0"E (Latitude:6°26'38.0"N; Longitude:3°24'55.0"E).[2]
Overview
As of December 2015, Access Bank Plc is a large financial services provider, with an asset base in excess of US$12.2 billion (NGN:2.412 trillion), and shareholders' equity valued at approximately US$1.86 billion (NGN:367.8 billion)[3] *Note US$1.00 = NGN197.73 on 15 April 2016
Access Bank Group
As of December 2015, Access Bank Plc had subsidiaries in eight Sub-Saharan African countries and the United Kingdom.
History
The bank received its license from the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1989, and listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 1998.
- 2002: Access Bank was taken over by a core of new management led by Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede and Herbert Wigwe.
- 2005: Access Bank acquired Marina Bank and Capital Bank (the former Commercial Bank (Crédit Lyonnais Nigeria)) by merger.
- 2007: Access Bank established a subsidiary in Banjul, The Gambia. This bank now has a head office and four branches, and the bank has pledged to open another four branches.
- 2008: Access Bank acquired 88% of the shares of Omnifinance Bank, which was established in 1996. It also acquired 90% of Banque Privée du Congo, which South African investors had established in 2002. Access Bank acquired 75% of the shares of Bancor SA, in Rwanda. Bancor had been established in 1995 and reorganized in 2001. In September Access Bank opened a subsidiary in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and then in October, the bank opened subsidiaries in Lusaka, Zambia and in London, United Kingdom.
- 2008: Finbank (Burundi) joined the Access Bank network, but exited the group in 2014.[4]
- 2011: Access Bank in talks with the Central Bank of Nigeria to acquire Intercontinental Bank Plc.
- Further to the approval of the shareholders of both banks, court sanction of the Federal High Court of Nigeria and approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Securities & Exchange Commission, Access Bank Plc (“Access”) and Intercontinental Bank Plc (“Intercontinental Bank”) announce the completion of the recapitalization of Intercontinental Bank and the acquisition of 75% majority interest in Intercontinental Bank by Access Bank Plc. Effective today, Intercontinental Bank (including all its assets, liabilities and undertakings) becomes a subsidiary of Access Bank Plc.
- The combined effect of the restoration of Net Asset Value (NAV) to zero by AMCON and N50billion capital injection by Access Bank Plc is that Intercontinental Bank now operates as a well capitalized bank, with shareholders funds of N50billion and Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) of 24%, well above the 10% regulatory threshold.
- January 2012: Access Bank announced the conclusion of its acquisition of the former Intercontinental Bank, creating an expanded Access Bank, one of the largest four commercial banks in Nigeria with over 5.7 million customers, 309 branches and over 1,600 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).[5]
See also
References
- ↑ CBN (15 April 2016). "List of Financial Institutions: Commercial Banks". Abuja: Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ Google (15 April 2016). "Location of the Headquarters of Access Bank Plc" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ ABP (16 March 2016). "Audited Results for the Year Ended December 31, 2015" (PDF). Lagos: Access Bank Plc (ABP). Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ↑ FBB (14 April 2016). "FinBank Burundi: About Us". Bujumbura: FinBank Burundi (FBB). Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ↑ NFA News (17 October 2011). "Access Bank Completes Take Over of Intercontinental Bank". The Nigerian Voice. Lagos. Retrieved 15 April 2015.