Access Bank posts 20 per cent rise in 2014 pretax profit

Access Bank reported a 20 percent rise in 2014 pretax profit to 52.02 billion naira ($261 million)

compared with the previous year, it said on Monday.

Revenue also rose to 245.21 billion naira during the year to end-December against 206.89 billion naira in the previous year, the bank said in a statement.

Access Bank said it will pay a total dividend of 0.60 naira per share, unchanged from the previous year.