Nigeria · Financial institution
Access Bank PLC
Access Bank Plc is a public limited company incorporated in Nigeria, with its head office on Victoria Island, Lagos. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Access Holdings Plc, a non-operating financial holding company established in 2022. The bank provides corporate and investment, commercial, retail and private banking services. It owns banking subsidiaries in other African countries and in the United Kingdom. It merged with Diamond Bank on 1 April 2019.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- ABNGNGLAXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under ABNGNGLA directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2000-06-03
- Last updated
- 2025-06-07
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Access Holdings Plc
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Access Bank
- Ownership
- Access Holdings Plc, a holding company listed on the Nigerian Exchange, holds 100% of the bank.
- Direct parent
- Access Holdings Plc ↗, Nigeria 100%
- Head office
- Plot 14/15, Prince Alaba Oniru Street, Oniru Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
- Company register
- RC 125384 (Corporate Affairs Commission, Nigeria)
Business lines
According to its financial statements, the bank reports through three segments: corporate and investment banking, commercial banking and retail banking (including private banking).
Online
- Websites & references
- accessbankplc.com ↗
investorrelations.accessbankplc.com ↗ investor relations
theaccesscorporation.com ↗ parent company (Access Holdings Plc) corporate site
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- accessbankplc.com/about-us/board-management-team
- accessbankplc.com/
- accessbankplc.com/access/media/documents/Access-Bank-March-2026-FS-Nigeria.pdf
- accessbankplc.com/investor-relations/financial-reports/quarterly-reports
- accessbankplc.com/access/media/Media-PDF-Attachment/Credit-Inflows.pdf?ext=.pdf
- accessbankplc.com/access/media/Media-PDF-Attachment/SwiftCode.pdf
- accessbankplc.com/media/press-releases/access-bank-plc-appoints-mrs-ifeyinwa-osime-as-board-chairman
- businessday.ng/companies/article/chizoma-okoli-to-exit-access-bank-as-deputy-managing-director/
- legit.ng/business-economy/money/1696475-access-bank-shares-update-plans-acquire-south-africa-bank/
- theaccesscorporation.com/about/corporate-profile/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access_Bank_plc
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Roosevelt Ogbonna
Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
-
Ifeyinwa Osime
Chairman/Independent Non-Executive Director
- Chief financial officer
- Ibukun Oyedeji Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
-
Seyi Kumapayi
Executive Director, African Subsidiaries
- Executive
-
Ifedayo Orimoloye
Executive Director, Risk Management
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Nigeria
- Central Bank of Nigeria Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorForeign exchange
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
Access Holdings announced that Deputy Managing Director Chizoma Okoli would retire from the bank on 30 April 2026 at the end of her tenure.
businessday.ng ↗ -
Leadership
Gregory Jobome retired as Executive Director, Risk Management on 31 March 2026.
accessbankplc.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The bank reported that its agreement to acquire Bidvest Bank lapsed after the 26 January 2026 long-stop date passed with regulatory approvals outstanding.
legit.ng ↗ -
Leadership
The board appointed Ifeyinwa Osime as Chairman after Paul Usoro retired on 29 January 2026 on reaching his regulatory tenure limit.
accessbankplc.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The group announced completion of the National Bank of Kenya acquisition from KCB Group, subject to unconditional approval from its primary regulator.
accessbankplc.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- ABNGNGLAXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- ABNGBank
- NGCountry · Nigeria
- LALocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 029200328C3N9YI2D660
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Nigeria · Sub-Saharan Africa
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Access Holdings PLC · Nigeria0292005048H3P6V8I753 ↗
The Access Holdings PLC group has 5 institutions in the directory, in 5 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Access Bank (Ghana) PLC, The Access Bank UK Limited, The Access Bank UK Limited, The Access Bank UK Limited - Paris Branch.
See the Access Holdings PLC group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- PRINCE ALABA ONIRU ST. ONIRU EST. PLOT 14/15 LAGOS(VICTORIA ISLAND) 100212 NIGERIA
- Operational address
- PRINCE ALABA ONIRU STREET ONIRU ESTATE, VICTORIA ISLAND PLOT 14/15 LAGOS 100212 LAGOS NIGERIA
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ABNGNGLAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>029200328C3N9YI2D660</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ABNGNGLAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>029200328C3N9YI2D660</LEI>
<Nm>ACCESS BANK PLC</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LAGOS</TwnNm>
<Ctry>NG</Ctry>
<AdrLine>PRINCE ALABA ONIRU ST. ONIRU EST. PLOT 14/15 LAGOS(VICTORIA ISLAND)</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>100212</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Correspondent banking
The bank publishes 6 accounts at other banks, across 2 regions.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
6 accounts at other banks, in 3 currencies, as the bank publishes them: accessbankplc.com ↗
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Purpose | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | Citibank New York United States | CITIUS33 | 36145842 | USD inflows (routing number 021000089) | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | Citibank London United Kingdom | CITIGB2L | GB27CITI18500811071211 | GBP inflows (sort code 185008) | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | Citibank Europe PLC, Ireland Ireland | CITIIE2X | GB74CITI18500811071238 | EUR inflows | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, New York United States | BKTRUS33XXX | 04434906 | USD inflows (CHIPS 0103) | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | Deutsche Bank AG Frankfurt Germany | DEUTDEFF | 955723200EUR (IBAN DE45500700100955723200) | EUR inflows | Matches the Swift directory |
| GBP | Deutsche Bank Frankfurt Germany | DEUTDEFF | 955723200GBP (IBAN DE45500700100955723200) | GBP inflows | Matches the Swift directory |
The source is an undated PDF titled 'Information on inflow details' listing the correspondents used for incoming USD, GBP and EUR payments to Access Bank Nigeria. All 6 rows were extracted. An older 'Swift Codes' PDF on the same site names Citibank London (CITIGB2L) as intermediary for EUR, where this PDF names Citibank Europe PLC, Ireland (CITIIE2X). The two PDFs also give different Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas Fedwire numbers: 0103 here and 021001033 in the older PDF. The EUR and GBP rows at Deutsche Bank print the same IBAN. Confirm with the bank before use. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
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Sources & method
Every value comes from a public source, such as Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, GLEIF or the OFAC and EU sanctions lists. Most sources are matched on a BIC or an LEI, not on a name.
Swift GPI membership is matched on names and is indicative. A missing sanctions match does not mean that no listing applies. Always screen against the official lists.
The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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