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This is a list of commercial banks and other credit institutions in South Africa, as updated late 2024 by the Reserve Bank of South Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] List of commercial banks
TymeBank is a South African digital bank aimed at the lower income market. [1] [2] Headquartered in Rosebank, Johannesburg, TymeBank does not have any physical bank branches and relies on an Android banking App, and Internet Banking site and a partnership with two retail chains, Pick n Pay and Boxer, to host a national network of self-service kiosks that facilitate the account opening process.
Ecobank, whose official name is Ecobank Transnational Inc. (ETI), is a pan-African banking conglomerate, with banking operations in 33 African countries. It is the leading independent regional banking group in West Africa and Central Africa, serving wholesale and retail customers. It also maintains subsidiaries in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Banking in South Africa is centred on the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), which is the monetary authority and controls gold and foreign exchange reserves. [ 1 ] Legislation and regulatory authorities
The Financial Sector Charter requires banks to make banking more accessible to the nation and, specifically, to increase banking reach to all communities. The Mzansi Account is the result of the major South African banks working collectively to provide a standard for new bank accounts, which is affordable, readily available and suits the ...
Following the discontinuation of the Virgin Money South Africa credit card, [7] the company and app was acquired by its management and a local private equity company, [8] and renamed Spot Money. [9] The 118,000 former credit card customers, with R750 million in total credit, were transferred to Absa's own credit card offering.
The Nationale Bank der Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek Beperk (National Bank of the South African Republic Limited) was registered in Pretoria in 1891 and opened for business on 5 April of the same year. After the conclusion of the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902, the name of this bank was changed to the National Bank of South Africa Limited.
The bank was founded in Republic of South Africa in 1965. It obtained a banking licence in 1989; [6] and became a fully owned subsidiary of Mercantile Bank Holdings Limited, a bank holding company incorporated in January the same year. [3] In 1995, the bank merged with Bank of Lisbon International (BLI) – a bank established in 1965.