This accomplishment cements its banking subsidiary, Access Bank Plc, as the first Nigerian bank to exceed the CBN’s N500 billion minimum capital requirement for international banks, ahead of the March 2026 deadline.
Lauding the development, Chairman of Access Holdings, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, states: “The Access brand has always resonated strongly with the local and international capital markets. Since 2004, Access Bank has raised billions of dollars in capital to meet successive CBN recapitalisation directives.