see access bank . this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . april 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article relies largely or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . april 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message accessbank type closed joint stock company industry banking founded 29 october 2002 headquarters baku azerbaijan area served azerbaijan key people michael hoffmann general manager and chairman of the board products financial services website www.accessbank.az accessbank is a bank with headquarters in baku azerbaijan . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 sports sponsorship 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the bank was founded on 29 october 2002 as the micro finance bank of azerbaijan by black sea trade & development bank european bank for reconstruction and development international finance corporation kfw and lfs financial systems sharing 20 percent of the equity each . 1 in 2003 the bank received its first refinancing loan from the ebrd in the amount of usd 5 mln . the current accounts and the money transfer system were launched in 2004 . in 2005 the term deposit launched and the bank joins the international swift western union and privat money money transfer networks . moreover it receives the first non shareholder refinancing loans from global microfinance facility blue orchard deutsche bank incofin and triodos . at the same year it opens the first regional branch in ganja . in 2007 accessholding joins as a new shareholder and owns 16.53 percent of the equity decreasing lfs financial systems shares to 3.47 percent . 2 in 2008 micro finance bank of azerbaijan renamed accessbank . in the same year the bb rating first received from fitch ratings the highest rating of any private bank in azerbaijan and matching the country ceiling . 2 in 2010 accessbank opens five new branches including three in the regions and two in baku and a building purchased for the new head office . awards edit the bank was named one of the three most sustainable banks of eastern europe in the 2009 financial times sustainable banking awards . moreover accessbank ceo named banker of the year in azerbaijani business awards in 2010 . the bank also awarded 5 diamonds by the microfinance information exchange for transparency which is the highest level available . euromoney named accessbank the best bank in azerbaijan in annual awards for excellence . standard & poor s rating agency ranked the bank as the most transparent bank in azerbaijan . sports sponsorship edit since 2010 accessbank is a lead sponsor of the affa . 3 see also edit banking in azerbaijan central bank of azerbaijan list of banks in azerbaijan azerbaijani manat economy of azerbaijan references edit accessbank official web page shareholders a b accessbank official web page history accessbank milli futbolun sponsoru oldu banklar v biznes retrieved 2 november 2011 dead link external links edit accessbank web site accessbank credits retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title accessbank azerbaijan & oldid 625213159 categories government of azerbaijaneconomy of azerbaijanbanks of azerbaijanbanks established in 20022002 establishments in azerbaijanhidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from april 2013articles lacking reliable references from april 2013all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles needing additional references from april 2013all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages az rbaycanca edit links this page was last modified on 12 september 2014 at 09 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view