Absa Group Limited

About Absa Group Limited

Absa Group Limited is a diversified African financial-services holding company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. It offers retail, business, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management, insurance, and related services through subsidiaries in 12 African countries and offices in London and New York. The group traces its origins to the 1991 amalgamation of several South African banks and rebranded from Barclays Africa Group plc to Absa in 2018 after Barclays reduced its shareholding. Absa is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and serves over nine million customers across the continent.