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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 one of the largest commercial banks in South Africa. As of 31 December 2018, the bank's total assets were ZAR:1,289,000,000,000 (US$73,691,500,000). [2] 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 ...
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
The bank operated in that capacity until 2000, when Barclays Bank Seychelles Limited was incorporated. In 2006, the bank served approximately 35,000 customers, through 5 branches, 7 ATMs and 130 members of staff. In 2013, the bank became a member of Barclays Africa Group, in which Barclays Plc had a 62.3 percent majority shareholding. [6]
The bank's history traces from 1916 when the National Bank of South Africa (now First National Bank) opened a branch. In 1925, National Bank of South Africa was merged with the Anglo-Egyptian Bank and the Colonial Bank in 1925 to form Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas). This brought the Kenyan operations under Barclays Bank. [7]
With the liberalization of the economy in the 1990s, Barclays Bank Plc re-entered the country, resuming business in 2000. [8] As at March 2016, Barclays Bank Plc. was seeking regulatory approval in Tanzania to merge this bank with National Bank of Commerce (Tanzania) in which Barclays maintains 55% shareholding. [9]
First National Bank (South Africa) Indo-Zambia Bank Limited; Zambia Industrial Commercial Bank; International Commercial Bank; Investrust Bank; Stanbic Bank; Standard Chartered Bank (Zambia) United Bank for Africa [114] Zambia National Commercial Bank
The bank is a large retail bank that serves the banking needs of individuals, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs), and large corporations. It is a member of the South African banking conglomerate, Absa Group Limited, whose stock is traded on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and whose total assets exceeded US$91 billion, as of October 2019.