ACCESS Bank has restated its commitment to provide support for entrepreneurs and small business owners as the Bank unveiled an online account opening platform for unregistered businesses.
The online account opening platform is a paperless and seamless digital process which allows customers to register their business account within five minutes without visiting a branch. And it is available for anyone above 18 years across Nigeria and the Diaspora.
Speaking to newsmen during the launching of the online account opening platform, group head, Emerging Businesses, Access Bank, Ayodele Olojede, said: “it is about the millions of local businesses struggling to lay their foundation and growth.
“As part of our commitment to support entrepreneurs and small business owners, we have created a simple seamless digital platform for individuals to obtain an affordable and flexible account for their unregistered businesses which will give them access to digital loans from N250,000 to N10million, access to capacity building programme and trainings, business registration at a discounted rate for those unregistered businesses, Invitation to link up with investors and build a website.”
He stated that “We believe Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a major role in most economies, particularly in developing countries.
“SMEs account for the majority of businesses worldwide and are important contributors to job creation and global economic development. They represent about 90 per cent of businesses and more than 50 per cent of employment worldwide.”
Ayodele also called on SMEs owners to ensure proper records keeping for their businesses and advised them against mixing business funds with personal expenses as it leads to poor corporate governance and risk of misappropriation of cash belonging to the business
Access Bank is recognised as one of the most innovative financial institutions in Africa. With over 40 million customers and 600 branches nationwide, it offers a range of products and services tailored to suit needs and lifestyle of its customers across multiple segments. The Bank offers various SMEs digitalized solutions to cater the vast majority of MSMEs.
