Access Bank to acquire subsidiaries of Standard Chartered Bank.

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Access Bank to acquire subsidiaries of Standard Chartered Bank.

Access Bank has completed negotiations to acquire the sub-Saharan subsidiaries of Standard Chartered Bank for an undisclosed sum. With this move, Access Bank’s pan-African drive sees another boon: an acquisition that could make it one of the continent’s topmost banks.

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