Access Bank completed the acquisition of Standard Chartered's Cameroon operations on 5 December 2025, closing out the final transfer under the master agreement the two banks signed in July 2023. The deal represents the conclusion of a multi-country divestment programme through which Standard Chartered agreed to sell its subsidiaries in four sub-Saharan African markets, and its consumer, private and business banking business in a fifth, Tanzania, to the Nigeria-headquartered lender.
Standard Chartered confirmed the handover in a statement dated 5 December 2025. Access Bank already operates in Cameroon through its subsidiary Access Bank Cameroon.
THE FINAL LEG OF A FIVE-COUNTRY DEAL
The July 2023 master agreement between Access Bank and Standard Chartered encompassed operations in Angola, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, The Gambia, and Tanzania. The Cameroon close on 5 December 2025 brings that programme to its conclusion.
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