# AccessHolding
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{{Infobox company |
name = AccessHolding|
logo =|
type = Joint Stock Company|
company_slogan = |
foundation = 2006|
location = [Berlin](/source/Berlin), [Germany](/source/Germany)|
key_people = '''Thomas Engelhardt'''
[Chairman](/source/Chairman)|
num_employees = |
assets = €1 billion (*network 2014)|
revenue = |
industry = Development Finance|
products = [Equity Finance](/source/Finance)
[Management Services](/source/Management) |
homepage = [http://www.accessholding.com/index.html Homepage]
}}
'''Access Microfinance Holding AG''', often referred to as '''AccessHolding''', is a commercial microfinance investment and holding company based in [Germany](/source/Germany). AccessHolding specializes in start-ups and early-stage microfinance institutions (MFIs). It will establish new MFIs together with other partners, and transform existing non-bank microlending institutions into full-service microfinance banks.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.mixmarket.org/funders/accessholding |title=About AccessHolding |access-date=2013-10-17 |archive-date=2014-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115014108/http://www.mixmarket.org/funders/accessholding |url-status=dead }}]
==Overview==
AccessHolding is an investor and technical manager in a network of microfinance banks in developing and emerging countries. In 2012, the group banks' total assets were valued at approximately €1 billion, with shareholders' equity of about €170 million.[{{Cite web |url=http://www.accessholding.com/Resources_Publications/Annual_Reports.html |title=Audited December 2012 Annual Financial Report |access-date=2013-10-16 |archive-date=2013-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021163014/http://www.accessholding.com/Resources_Publications/Annual_Reports.html |url-status=dead }}]
==History==
The company was founded in August 2006 by LFS Financial Systems GmbH (LFS).[{{Cite web |url=http://www.microcapitalmonitor.com/cblog/index.php?%2Farchives%2F448-European-Microfinance-Company-Access-Holding-AG-Announces-Intent-to-Go-the-ProCredit-Way.-Various-Development-Banks-and-Omidyar-Tufts-Microfinance-Fund-Purchase-Equity-in-the-Newly-Founded-Company..html |title=AccessHolding Was Formed On 30 October 2006 |access-date=16 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220810/http://www.microcapitalmonitor.com/cblog/index.php?%2Farchives%2F448-European-Microfinance-Company-Access-Holding-AG-Announces-Intent-to-Go-the-ProCredit-Way.-Various-Development-Banks-and-Omidyar-Tufts-Microfinance-Fund-Purchase-Equity-in-the-Newly-Founded-Company..html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}] LFS is a German business and financial consulting firm based in Berlin. It has special expertise in developing and emerging markets.
==AccessBank Group==
The member banks of the AccessBank Group include the following:[{{Cite web |url=http://www.accessholding.com/Our_Network/ |title=Members of the AccessBank Group |access-date=2013-10-16 |archive-date=2013-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021171428/http://www.accessholding.com/Our_Network/ |url-status=dead }}]
# [AccessBank Azerbaijan](/source/AccessBank_Azerbaijan) - [Baku](/source/Baku), [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan) {{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} - Total Assets:US$597.4 million (2012) (16.5% shareholding)[[http://www.accessbank.az/en/news/increases-share/ Shareholding In AccessBank Azerbaijan]]
# [http://www.accessholding.com/Our_Network/ABM/ AccessBank Madagascar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021171424/http://www.accessholding.com/Our_Network/ABM/ |date=2013-10-21 }} - [Antananarivo](/source/Antananarivo), [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar) {{flagicon|Madagascar}} - Total Assets:US$39.1 million (2012) (55.2% shareholding)
# [AccessBank Tanzania](/source/AccessBank_Tanzania) - [Dar es Salaam](/source/Dar_es_Salaam), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania) {{flagicon|Tanzania}} - Total Assets:US$55.3 million (2012) (52.7% shareholding)
# [http://www.accessholding.com/Our_Network/ABN/ AB Microfinance Bank Nigeria]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - [Lagos](/source/Lagos), [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria) {{flagicon|Nigeria}} - Total Assets:US$42.2 million (2012) (50.1% shareholding)
# [AccessBank Liberia](/source/AccessBank_Liberia) - [Monrovia](/source/Monrovia), [Liberia](/source/Liberia) {{flagicon|Liberia}} - Total Assets:US$24.3 million (2012) (55.6% shareholding)
# [AccessBank Tajikistan](/source/AccessBank_Tajikistan) - [Dushanbe](/source/Dushanbe), [Tajikistan](/source/Tajikistan) {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} - Total Assets:US$23.4 million (2012) (63.4% shareholding)
# [http://www.accessholding.com/Our_Network/ABZ/ AB Bank Zambia] - [Lusaka](/source/Lusaka), [Zambia](/source/Zambia) {{flagicon|Zambia}} - Total Assets:US$8.3 million (2012) (51.0% shareholding)
# [AB Bank Rwanda](/source/AB_Bank_Rwanda) - [Kigali](/source/Kigali), [Rwanda](/source/Rwanda) {{flagicon|Rwanda}} - Total Assets:US$5.54 million (2013) (50.5% shareholding)
==Ownership==
{{asof|December 2013}}, the company [stock](/source/stock) is privately owned by the following corporate entities:[{{Cite web |url=http://www.accessholding.com/About_Us/Shareholders1/ |title=Shareholding In AccessHolding |access-date=2013-10-16 |archive-date=2013-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021163309/http://www.accessholding.com/About_Us/Shareholders1/ |url-status=dead }}]
{| style="font-size:100%;"
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| width="100%" align="center" | '''AccessHolding Stock Ownership'''
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"
! style="width:2em;" |Rank !!Name of Owner!!Percentage Ownership
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|1||[https://web.archive.org/web/20131002024816/http://www.lfs-consulting.de/About_Us/ LFS Financial Systems GmbH] of [Germany](/source/Germany)||18.63
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|2||[CDC Group Plc.](/source/CDC_Group) of [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)||13.74
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|3||[European Investment Bank](/source/European_Investment_Bank)||13.74
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|4||[International Finance Corporation](/source/International_Finance_Corporation) (IFC)||13.74
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|5||[KfW Development Bank](/source/KfW) of [Germany](/source/Germany)||13.74
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|6||[The Omidyar-Tufts Microfinance Fund](/source/Tufts_University) (OTMF)||13.74
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|7||[FMO](/source/Netherlands_Development_Finance_Company) of the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)||9.75
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|8||MicroAssets GbR of [Germany](/source/Germany)||2.93
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| ||'''Total'''||'''100.00'''
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|}
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* '''MicroAssets GbR''' is the employee investment company owned by the staff of '''LFS Financial Systems GmbH'''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
==See also==
* [Development finance institution](/source/Development_finance_institution)
==External links==
* [http://ifcext.ifc.org/ifcext/spiwebsite1.nsf/ProjectDisplay/SPI_DP24633 Company Overview At IFC.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021041729/http://ifcext.ifc.org/ifcext/spiwebsite1.nsf/ProjectDisplay/SPI_DP24633 |date=2013-10-21 }}
* [http://www.accessholding.com/ Website of AccessHolding]
==References==
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Category:Companies based in Berlin
Category:Development finance institutions
Category:Holding companies established in 2006
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