African Bank buys Grindrod Bank for R1.5bn to move into business banking

  • 📰 BDliveSA
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 16 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 10%
  • Publisher: 63%

Sverige Nyheter Nyheter

CEO Kennedy Bungane says the purchase may delay his bank’s planned listing

African Bank has bought Grindrod Bank to deliver on its strategy of accelerating its entry into SA’s increasingly competitive business banking market.

The R1.5bn deal announced on Thursday will see African Bank acquire 100% of Grindrod Bank from JSE-listed Grindrod Ltd, the diversified freight logistics group, which has operations across Southern and East Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea and the United Arab Emirates ...

 

Tack för din kommentar. Din kommentar kommer att publiceras efter att ha granskats.

Freight! Hier kom n ding! C’mon African Bank!

What's their turnaround strategy?

Last I check AB was barely surviving.

Vi har sammanfattat den här nyheten så att du kan läsa den snabbt. Om du är intresserad av nyheterna kan du läsa hela texten här. Läs mer:

 /  🏆 12. in SE

Sverige Senaste nytt, Sverige Rubriker

Similar News:Du kan också läsa nyheter som liknar den här som vi har samlat in från andra nyhetskällor.

African Bank eyes growth in business banking with R15bn deal to buy Grindrod Bank | Fin24African Bank has acquired 100% of Grindrod Bank. The deal, worth R1.5 billion, will give African Bank an existing corporate and SME client base. | Fin24 Fin24 Is it R15bn or R1.5bn? 🙄 Fin24 AdriaanBasson What's going on here? Fin24 Our acquisition of Grindrod means that we will be even better placed to service the needs of entrepreneurs and SMMEs, providing holistic solutions that transcend traditional business banking offerings. AudaciousGrowth
Källa: News24 - 🏆 4. / 80 Läs mer »

African Bank to buy Grindrod for R1.5 billion as it plans move into business bankingAfrican Bank has announced a deal to purchase Grindrod Bank and its holding company Grindrod Financial Holdings. This has certainly been a momentous week for us. The release of our Interim Financial Results, which saw a 145% increase in profits, has generated a lot of favourable media coverage — not only in terms of our numbers, but for the strategic aims of Excelerate25. AudaciousGrowth
Källa: BusinessTechSA - 🏆 24. / 61 Läs mer »