By Ola Simeon
Access Bank Plc has unveiled an online account opening platform for unregistered businesses. Mrs Ayodele Olojede, Group Head, Emerging Businesses, Access Bank Plc, made this known at the product launch on Thursday in Lagos. Olojede noted that the move was in line with the bank’s goal to maintain its stand as Nigeria’s largest lender in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) space. https://onboarding.accessbankplc.com/home According to her, 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. Olojede said that the product was available for anyone above 18 years across Nigeria and the Diaspora. “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. “This will give them access to digital loans from N250,000 to N10 million, access to capacity building programmes and trainings. “It also provides business registration at a discounted rate for those unregistered businesses, invitation to link up with investors and build a website with as little as N20,000.