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Absa Group Limited, commonly known simply as Absa and formerly the Amalgamated Banks of South Africa (ABSA) until 2005 and Barclays Africa Group Limited until 2018, is a multinational banking and financial services conglomerate based in Johannesburg, South Africa and listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Absa Bank Limited is a 100 percent subsidiary of Absa Group Limited, the Pan African financial services conglomerate headquartered in South Africa, with subsidiaries in 12 African countries, whose total assets exceeded US$91 billion as at October 2019.
ABSA may refer to: . ABSA Cargo Airline, a cargo airline; Absa Group Limited, a pan-African financial services conglomerate that includes: . Absa Bank Limited, one of the largest banks in South Africa, a subsidiary of Absa Group Limited
In September 2016, Jason Quinn joined the board of Absa Group Limited and was appointed Group Financial Director. He is a member of a number of board sub-committees. [2] [3] In April 2021, he was appointed as interim chief executive officer at Absa Group Limited, replacing Daniel Mminele, who resigned and left the bank. [1]
Access Bank South Africa, formerly known as Grobank Limited, and Bank of Athens (South Africa) before that, is a commercial bank in South Africa. It is licensed by the Reserve Bank of South Africa, the central bank and national banking regulator. The bank began commercial operations in June 2021, following the acquisition of a retail commercial ...
In 2018, BAG re-branded to Absa Group Limited.Under the terms of that re-brand, Absa has until June 2020 to change the names of its subsidiaries in 12 African countries. [12] In Tanzania, the re-brand concluded on 11 February 2020, when both the bank's legal and business names became Absa Bank Tanzania Limited. [13]
Absa Bank Kenya Plc, formerly Barclays Bank Kenya Limited, is a commercial bank in Kenya and a subsidiary of South Africa-based Absa Group Limited. [3] It is licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya , the central bank and national banking regulator.
The company launched as Virgin Money South Africa in 2006, as a partnership between Virgin Group (owners of the Virgin Money brand) and Absa, as an issuer of credit cards. [2] The 50-50 joint venture was worth R240 million at the time of launch. [3] By 2013 Virgin Money's customers had R1 billion in total credit. [4]