Accion MFB Berths in Aba with N7bn Loan Portfolio
The business community in Aba has welcomed with open arms Accion Microfinance Bank as it opened shop at the commercial hub of Abia, dangling a loan portfolio of N7 billion with a promise of easy access to loans and bright future for customers.
Managing director of the Bank, Mr. Taiwo Joda said that the Aba branch, which is the first in Abia and the 44th full operational branch of the bank, “has a unique target market of small, medium and micro entrepreneurs in the Ariaria community” which hosts the famous Ariaria International market. He said that the bank which started business in May 2006 has already established itself as one of the leading MFBs in Nigeria with a total disbursement of over N7 billion from inception till date, has close to N9 billion in total assets and N3.9 billion in shareholder funds.
Not only that Joda also stated that Accion has maintained a steady expansion in its customer base having grown from “a humble position of a state Microfinance of 2,531 customers in 2007 to a national MFB with over 273,000 customer accounts in 62 operational outlets comprising 44 branches, seven cash centres and 11 virtual teams”.
“We are here to offer our basket of financial services and products ranging form savings, current , fixed deposit accounts , microloans, asset loan, SME loans, insurance and e-channels which will definitely lend hand in government efforts at alleviating poverty among the low income earners and people of the bottom of the pyramid,” he said.The Accion MD assured that his bank would assist its prospective customers in Aba to grow their businesses in line with the bank’s mission which is “to economically empower micro entrepreneurs and low income earners by providing financial services in a sustainable, ethical and profitable manner”.
He further stated that Accion was strong enough to carry the financial burden of its customers, citing several ‘awards of excellence attesting to our high quality of services and operation”. These include best MFB 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, EFINA financial Inclusion Award as a Leader in Financial Inclusion in the Microfinance banking sector, the most consistent Microfinance Bank of the Year 2015 Award, among others. Representatives of Abia state government and Aba business community were on hand to welcome Accion to the commercial centre and SME hub with a promise to do good business with the bank.