Achievements and Awards
The Group has several prominent banking awards under its belt. In 2009 it was awarded the coveted African Banker accolade as the most Innovative Bank in Africa and New York’s Global Finance magazine named it the Best Islamic Bank in the Middle East and Africa. The year 2010 saw the Group scoop two PMR Africa Silver Arrow Awards for Islamic Banking; the Asian Banker honoured it with two awards as the Best Mobile Phone Banking internationally and Best Retail Bank in South Africa; and one of its divisions, Absa Capital, ranked Overall Top Bank in the 2010 Risk Magazine South Africa survey.
In 2011, for the sixth year in a row, Absa walked away with the Coolest Bank Award at the Sunday Times Generation Next Awards which were held at the Theatre on the Track in Kyalami, Johannesburg. 7000 youths from across six different provinces voted for Absa as the Coolest Bank in the annual Sunday Times Generation Next 2011 Survey.
- Absa was awarded first place for skills development among all corporates, second place overall for best managed company in the financial sector in 2009
- Absa became the first South African bank to register its one millionth cellphone banking customers in 2009
- In 2009, Global Finance magazine announced in New York that Absa Islamic Banking had been awarded the title of Best Islamic Bank in the Middle East and Africa, as part of its annual recognition of the World’s Best Islamic Financial Institutions
- Absa was awarded the coveted African Banker 2009 accolade as the Most Innovative Bank in Africa
- Absa was named winner of “The Most innovative use of IT” at the 2009 Banking Technology Awards, for Absa’s multi-channel CashSend service
- Absa was voted the Best Company to work for in South Africa (Deloitte & Touche Human Capital Corporation)
- On August 2010, Absa reclaimed the top accolade from Sunday Times Top Brands Awards in Johannesburg. It was named the number 1 Retail Banking Brand and also scored the number 2 position in the Short-term Insurance segment, ahead of Outsurance and Hollard
- Absa Islamic Banking scooped two PMR Africa Silver Arrow awards in 2010
- Absa Capital ranked Overall Top Bank in the 2010 Risk Magazine South Africa survey
- On 11 March 2011, the Asian Banker and its international panel of judges presented Absa Retail Banking with two awards – Best Mobile Phone Banking (international) and the Best Retail Bank in South Africa for 2010
- For a record sixth year running, Absa walked away with the Coolest Bank Award at the 2011 Sunday Times Generation Next Awards
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