Today we officially embark on the exciting journey of becoming the ‘Go-To’ bank in Africa. The combination of the majority of the Barclays Africa businesses with Absa was the next […]

In the quest to improve financial inclusion on the continent, Absa and Barclays have become actively involved in the sixth African Microfinance Conference. Representatives from more than 25 African countries […]

Absa Group reports 8% increase in HEPS; sets out investment in revenue growth. Absa Group today reported an 8% increase in headline earnings to R4 663 million from R4 313 […]

Financial services groups Barclays and Absa and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Trust today announced the launch of a global fundraising awareness campaign to raise funds towards the construction of […]

Absa Group Limited (“Absa”) today announced that the combination of Absa with Barclays African businesses had cleared the final hurdle, opening the way for this transformational deal to be delivered […]

Barclays Mauritius has already experienced a 50% increase in the use of eStatements this year. As a global organisation, Barclays constantly strives to deliver a superior customer experience and embraces […]

Barclays Bank of Uganda Limited introduced Worldmiles, a unique airline-independent membership programme for Premier Banking customers with Platinum debit cards. Worldmiles allows Barclays Premier customers to earn and redeem miles […]

Absa Group Limited confirms that it received notice that Mr Pravin Gordhan, South Africa’s Minister of Finance, has approved the combination of the majority of Barclays Africa operations with Absa. […]

Barclays Bank of Kenya has launched a mobile banking app with similar functionality to its full online banking platform. This follows the mass adoption of its Pingit app, which allows […]

The National Bank of Commerce (NBC) launched a two-and-half-month campaign for their Islamic Banking customers to win two fully paid packages for two people to perform Hajj in October 2013. […]