List of banks in South Africa
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Locally-controlled banks- African Bank LimitedAfrican Bank LimitedAfrican Bank Limited, ', commonly referred to as African Bank, is a commercial bank in the Republic of South Africa. It is licensed as a "locally-controlled bank" by the Reserve Bank of South Africa. The bank is a subsidiary of its holding company called African Bank Investments Limited '...
- Bidvest Bank LimitedBidvest Bank LimitedBidvest Bank Limited, ', commonly referred to as Bidvest Bank, is a commercial bank in the Republic of South Africa. It is licensed as a "locally-controlled bank" by the Reserve Bank of South Africa, the national banking regulator.-History:...
- Capitec Bank LimitedCapitec BankCapitec Bank is a commercial bank in the Republic of South Africa. It is one of the locally-controlled banks licensed by the Reserve Bank of South Africa, the South African national banking regulator.-Overview:...
- FirstRand Bank - A subsidiary of First Rand LimitedFirst Rand LimitedFirst Rand Limited , also referred to as First Rand Group or as FirstRand Bank, is a financial services provider in South Africa. The group has its headquarters in Johannesburg, South Africa, with subsidiaries in five neighboring Southern African countries, as well as in India...
- Grindrod LimitedGrindrod BankGrindrod Bank , is a commercial bank in the Republic of South Africa. It is licensed as a "locally-controlled financial institution" by the Reserve Bank of South Africa, the national banking regulator.-Overview:...
- Imperial Bank South AfricaImperial Bank South AfricaImperial Bank South Africa Limited, also referred to as Imperial Bank South Africa , but commonly known as Imperial Bank, is a commercial bank in the Republic of South Africa...
- Investec Bank Limited
- Nedbank LimitedNedbankNedbank is one of the largest banks in South Africa; however it is one of the newest banks to be incorporated in South Africa. It is headquartered in Johannesburg...
- Sasfin Bank LimitedSasfin BankSasfin Bank is a commercial bank in the Republic of South Africa. It is one of the locally-controlled banks licensed by the Reserve Bank of South Africa, the national banking regulator. The bank serves both individuals and businesses, focusing on large corporate clients and high networth individuals...
- Teba Bank LimitedTeba Bank LimitedTeba Bank Limited is a South African bank operating in the microfinance sector. Its main focus is in the mining sector and lower-income blue-collar worker.-Locations:...
- Standard Bank of South AfricaStandard BankThe Standard Bank of South Africa Limited is one of South Africa's largest financial services groups. It operates in 30 countries around the world, including 17 in Africa.-History:...
Foreign-controlled banks
- Absa Bank Limited
- Albaraka Bank Limited
- Habib Overseas Bank Limited
- Habib Bank AG ZurichHabib Bank AG ZurichHabib Bank AG Zurich, a commercial bank incorporated in Switzerland. It maintains headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, but has operations in Switzerland, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, and Kenya...
- Mercantile Bank Limited
- South African Bank of Athens Limited
Branches of foreign banks
- Bank of BarodaBank of BarodaBank of Baroda is the third largest bank in India, after the State Bank of India and the Punjab National Bank and ahead of ICICI Bank. BoB is ranked 763 in Forbes Global 2000 list. BoB has total assets in excess of Rs. 3.58 lakh crores, or Rs. 3,583 billion, a network of over 3,409 branches and...
- Bank of ChinaBank of ChinaBank of China Limited is one of the big four state-owned commercial banks of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1912 by the Government of the Republic of China, to replace the Government Bank of Imperial China. It is the oldest bank in China...
- Bank of TaiwanBank of TaiwanThe Bank of Taiwan is a bank headquartered in Taipei, Republic of China . It is administered and owned by the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China.-History:...
- Calyon Corporate and Investment BankCalyonCrédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank is Crédit Agricole's corporate and investment banking entity. With a staff of 13,000 employees in 58 countries, Crédit Agricole CIB is active in a broad range of capital markets, investment banking and financing activities...
- China Construction Bank Corporation
- Citibank N.A.CitibankCitibank, a major international bank, is the consumer banking arm of financial services giant Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, later First National City Bank of New York...
- Deutsche Bank AGDeutsche BankDeutsche Bank AG is a global financial service company with its headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany. It employs more than 100,000 people in over 70 countries, and has a large presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific and the emerging markets...
- JPMorgan Chase Bank
- Société GénéraleSociété GénéraleSociété Générale S.A. is a large European Bank and a major Financial Services company that has a substantial global presence. Its registered office is on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, while its head office is in the Tours Société Générale in the business district of La...
- Standard Chartered BankStandard Chartered BankStandard Chartered PLC is a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom with operations in more than seventy countries...
- State Bank of IndiaState Bank of IndiaThe State Bank of India is the largest Indian banking and financial services company with its headquarters in Mumbai, India. It is state-owned. The bank traces its ancestry to British India, through the Imperial Bank of India, to the founding in 1806 of the Bank of Calcutta, making it the oldest...
- Hongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationHongkong and Shanghai Banking CorporationThe Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited is a prominent bank established and based in Hong Kong since 1865 when Hong Kong was a colony of the British Empire. It is the founding member of the HSBC Group and since 1990 is now a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc...
- Royal Bank of ScotlandRoyal Bank of ScotlandThe Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company in which the UK Government holds an 84% stake. This stake is held and managed through UK Financial Investments Limited, whose voting rights are limited to 75% in order for the bank to retain its listing on the...
Mutual banks
- GBS Mutual Bank
- VBS Mutual Bank
Other banks
- Development Bank of Southern AfricaDevelopment Bank of Southern AfricaThe Development Bank of Southern Africa is a Development Finance Institution wholly owned by the government of South Africa and focuses on large infrastructure projects within the public and private sector. It is one of several development finance institutions in Southern Africa...
- Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South AfricaLand and Agricultural Development Bank of South AfricaLand and Development Bank of South Africa is a government-owned development bank in the Republic of South Africa. The bank was established as a development finance institution in 1912 by the Government of South Africa...
- PostbankPostbank South AfricaPostbank South Africa is a savings financial institution in South Africa which operates as a division of the South African Post Office.-External links:**...