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Access Bank Partners Emirates to
Launch ‘Fly Now Pay Later’
In line with the Bank’s strategy of developing est in class innovative offerin s throu h ey strategic alliances, our Bank partnered with Emirates Airline - the fourth largest airline in the world, for a new service dubbed “Fly now, Pay Later”.
Access Bank Launches First of its
Kind Trade Desk in Ghana
In furtherance of our commitment to close financin aps hamperin trade activities in Ghana, our Ban partnered the DEG Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft and the Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Ghana A Ghana , to offer a new service or German companies and their local partners in Ghana throu h the German Des inancial Support and Solutions”.
hrou h this first o its ind service in Ghana, Ghanaian ased German firms and local S Es that import rom Germany will enefit rom speciali ed investment, advisory and trade finance support as part o the services offered y the German Des .
Dr. Gerd Müller, German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development together with Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister for Finance & Economic Planning for Ghana and Deputy Group Managing Director of Access Bank Plc., Mr. Roosevelt Ogbonna opened the “German Desk Ghana” at the commencement of the German-African Business Summit (GABS) held in Accra in the year under review.
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he partnership affords oth Access Ban and Emirates Airline to expand and strengthen their loyalty offerin s in order to increase customer acquisition and provide a superior experience to customers across the country.
Under this new service, salaried customers as well as other professionals, business owners and traders who are customers of Access Bank have the opportunity o en oyin a exi le financin arran ement rom the Ban to pre finance their Emirates travel packages and pay back within a 12 month repayment term.
The “Fly Now, Pay Later” service, which is in line with the Bank’s brand promise of providing ‘more than banking’, also provides discounted air fares to both customers and non-customers who book and pay for their tickets at Access Bank via the service.
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