## Pan-African Banks - Opportunities and Challenges for Cross-Border Oversight

_Policy Papers, December 18, 2014_

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- Published: December 18, 2014
- Series: Policy Papers
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### Expansion and geographic presence
- Rapid expansion of pan-African banks (PABs) in recent years.
- Seven major PABs have a presence in at least ten African countries.
- Additional banks, primarily from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, have a regional presence with operations in at least five countries.
- PABs have a systemic presence in around 36 countries.

### Headquarters and country origins
- Of the seven major PABs with presence in at least ten countries:
  - Three are headquartered in Morocco.
  - Two are headquartered in Togo.
  - One is headquartered in Nigeria.
  - One is headquartered in South Africa.
- Other regionally present banks are primarily from Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

### Relative importance and market dynamics
- Overall, the PABs are now much more important in Africa than the long-established European and American banks.

### Themes and subject areas covered by the publication
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- Bank supervision
- Banking sector
- Cross country analysis
- Economic integration
- Financial stability
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Surveillance

*Pan-African Banks - Opportunities and Challenges for Cross-Border Oversight, December 18, 2014.*

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