Small lender African Bank said on Monday it had received shareholder support and ZAR 8B (US$481M) in assistance to help it re-enter the South African wholesale funding market.
The lower-income lender is controlled by the central bank after a 2014 bailout by the regulator due to its weight of bad loans.
Its bid to become a competitive bank following a relaunch in 2016 has struggled to gain traction, partly due to the weak economy.
“To build a robust and sustainable long-term operating model, African Bank needs to re-establish itself as a reliable and accepted counterparty in the domestic wholesale funding market,” the lender said in a statement.
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Source: Reuters
