Absa Snapshot
Can Absa help with your banking needs in Africa? Absa-lutely! Serving nearly 12 million consumers, small businesses, and commercial clients, the company's Absa Bank is one of the largest retail banks and mortgage lenders in South Africa, with about 700 branches and 9,000 ATMs, most of them in that country. The bank and other subsidiaries offer deposits, loans, credit cards, insurance, investments, financial planning, brokerage, wealth management, and investment banking services. British bank Barclays owns about 55% of Absa Group, making it one of South Africa's largest foreign investors since apartheid ended in 1994.
