{"id":31556,"date":"2020-10-24T18:48:59","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T18:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=31556"},"modified":"2020-10-24T18:48:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-24T18:48:59","slug":"access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses","title":{"rendered":"Access Bank announces N50 billion interest-free loan for businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Access Bank has announced N50 billion in support of Nigerians through interest-free loans and grants to support communities, the youths as well as micro, small and medium-sized businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The bank disclosed this through its official LinkedIn page.<\/p>\n<p>It said the move was to support businesses following the crippling COVID-19 lockdown as well as the looting and arson that trailed the #ENDSARS protests.<\/p>\n<p>According to the bank; \u201cNow more than ever, we remain committed to our purpose of impacting lives positively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d In light of the recent occurrences, we will be supporting Nigerian businesses with N50billion interest-free loans and grants. Watch this space for more information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The support by Access Bank is expected to help business owners and entreprenuers alleviate and stimulate economic activities, as well as produce many positive multiplier effects on the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a way of supporting SMEs and the working class of the country following the recent damage of properties and livelihoods experienced across the nation, @myaccessbank has rolled out interest free loans of up to N50bn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fund is expected to serve as a kickstart to these affected communities, people and businesses. #AccessCares #All4One,\u201d the bank added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content addtoany_content_bottom\">\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" data-a2a-url=\"https:\/\/thenationonlineng.net\/access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses\/\" data-a2a-title=\"Access Bank announces N50 billion interest-free loan for businesses\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Access Bank has announced N50 billion in support of Nigerians through interest-free loans and grants to support communities, the youths as well as micro, small and medium-sized businesses. The bank disclosed this through its official LinkedIn page. It said the move was to support businesses following the crippling COVID-19 lockdown as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":31557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[1351],"class_list":["post-31556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-access-bank"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Access Bank announces N50 billion interest-free loan for businesses - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Access Bank has announced N50 billion in support of Nigerians through interest-free loans and grants to support\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Access Bank announces N50 billion interest-free loan for businesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Access Bank has announced N50 billion in support of Nigerians through interest-free loans and grants to support\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-24T18:48:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Access-Bank-640x375-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Access Bank announces N50 billion interest-free loan for businesses\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-24T18:48:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses\"},\"wordCount\":204,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/10\/Access-Bank-640x375-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Access Bank\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/access-bank-announces-n50-billion-interest-free-loan-for-businesses\",\"name\":\"Access Bank announces N50 billion interest-free loan for businesses - 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