Access Corporation to unlock opportunities for intra-Africa trade – Wigwe

Access Holdings Plc, trading as Access Corporation has announced its start of operations, with initial portfolio companies to provide banking services, including intraand inter-Africa trade, consumer lending, payments services, and insurance services, thereby improving wealth diversification and preservation.

The corporation, which builds on Access Bank’s scale and ethical standards, will have portfolio companies with significant complementarities, allowing the ecosystem to walk with customers across their life cycle while delivering value to stakeholders.

Herbert Wigwe the Group CEO of Access Corporation, speaking on its debut said: “Many of you would have heard us talk about Access Corporation earlier this year. This natural evolution of our company will ensure that we continue to use digital tools and our partnership with Fintechs to support our customers’ lifestyles outside of the banking system.

“We have set our

sights on and delivered ambitious plans to transform the African financial services sector over the last 20 years. Until now, we have concentrated on banking, with the goal of becoming the World’s Most Respected African Bank.

“Our banking subsidiary is now Nigeria’s largest bank by assets and Africa’s largest in terms of customer base. It is now time for us to take the next transformative step, where we provide our customers with beyond banking services delivering new interconnected financial services across customers’ needs.”