AccessBank CJSC was established as the Micro Finance Bank of Azerbaijan (MFBA) on October 29, 2002. On September 8, 2008 it was renamed as AccessBank.
AccessBank’s mission is to provide access to financial services for Azerbaijan’s low and middle-income households and micro and small businesses. AccessBank is 100% foreign owned by six shareholders, consisting of: the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, the International Finance Corporation, the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, KfW Development Bank – the Development Bank of the German Government (20% each), Access Microfinance Holding – a strategic investor in microfinance (16.5%), and LFS Financial Systems – a German consulting company (3.5%).