Residual Debt Services Ltd

Background

The old African Bank, a subsidiary of JSE-listed African Bank Investments Limited, was placed under curatorship by the South African Reserve Bank in 2014. Together with a consortium of local banks, the Reserve Bank and the Government Employees Pension Fund undertook to capitalise a new bank, which would acquire the restructured liabilities and a viable portion of the business of the old African Bank.

The old African Bank surrendered its banking license on 4 April 2016 and was renamed Residual Debt Services Limited (RDS). That day, a new legal entity was established as African Bank Limited (African Bank), with a new holding company, African Bank Holdings Limited.

All new business written from 4 April 2016 is attributed to the new African Bank. The residual book and other balance sheet positions were left in RDS.

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