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Barclays Agrees To Take On African Clients From Credit Suisse – Report

Editorial Staff

8 February 2022

to serve high net worth clients in Africa after the Zurich-listed lender decided to shut services in a variety of markets, reports said.

"Credit Suisse has signed a private banking client referral agreement with Barclays as part of the plan to exit nine non-core wealth management markets primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa – as announced in November 2021 as part of the bank's Group Strategy Review," Credit Suisse told this news service in a statement.

Barclays has had a long-standing presence in the Africa market. 

A report by Bloomberg said the affected assets stand at about $2.5 billion.

The affected countries are Botswana, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, the Seychelles, Tanzania and Zambia.