As of September 2021,[update] in addition to Nigeria, Access Bank plc has subsidiaries in Mozambique, Zambia, Congo, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, and in the United Kingdom.

In early 2021, Access Bank announced that it had identified eight new African countries for potential expansion, seeking to benefit from a continent-wide free trade agreement.

The target markets are Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Angola, Namibia and Ethiopia, which would extend the international presence of the bank to 18 countries.

The opening of Access Bank in Paris will be managed by the group's London branch, headed by Britain's Jamie Simmonds.

[16] It was named the Consumer Finance Product of the Year in 2024 by the Middle East & Africa Retail Banking Innovation Awards.