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Online banking, also known as internet banking, virtual banking, web banking or home banking, is a system that enables customers of a bank or other financial institution to conduct a range of financial transactions through the financial institution's website or mobile app. Since the early 2000s this has become the most common way that customers ...
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.
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]
Absa Bank Botswana is a large financial services company, serving corporate clients, high networth individuals, retail customers and small and medium enterprises.As of June 2019, the bank had assets of BWP:17,963,238,000 (US$1.609 billion), with shareholders' equity of BWP:2,103,780,000 (US$188.438 million).
The name of the bank's holding company was changed to Absa Group Limited in 1997. [7] In 2005 Barclays acquired a 62.3 percent majority stake in ABSA, and Barclays' existing subsidiary in South Africa and Barclays Capital's business were subsequently operated under the ABSA brand.
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.
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.
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