Nedbank’s buyout of NCBA gets regional approvals

Customers perform transactions on Nedbank automated teller machine (ATM) at the Trade Route Mall in Lenasia outside Johannesburg, South Africa on February 8, 2023.

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The proposed acquisition of a 66 percent shareholding in NCBA Group by South Africa’s Nedbank Group has secured unconditional approval from two key regional competition regulators, moving the cross-border banking deal a step closer to completion.

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Competition Commission (CCCC) and the East African Community Competition Authority (EACCA), have both approved the proposed transaction.

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