# AfrAsia Bank (Mauritius)

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/afrasia-bank
> research date 2026-05-30 · extracted at 2026-10-07
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Specifications:
- [AfrAsia Bank — official](https://www.afrasiabank.com/)

## Overview

**AfrAsia Bank (Mauritius)** is **Mauritian commercial bank focused on private + wealth banking + corporate banking** + **one of Mauritius's leading private banks** + **AfrAsia Bank Wealth Report publisher** <sup>[1][1], [Mauritius report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/MU)</sup>.

## History

**Sep 2007 — AfrAsia Bank Limited founded in Mauritius** distinctive Mauritian private banking heritage (joint venture of National Bank of Canada + Mauritian institutional shareholders pre-2017).

**2017 — Yatra Capital + Intrasia Capital + National Bank of Canada divestment + Mauritian institutional shareholder consolidation**.

**2014 — AfrAsia Bank Mobile Banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **AfrAsia Bank Limited** (Mauritian commercial bank focused on private + wealth banking + corporate banking).

**Major shareholders**: **National Bank of Canada (TSE: NA; legacy founding partner) + Intrasia Capital + Yatra Capital + Mauritian retail + institutional + foreign investors**.

**Regulators**: **BoM (Bank of Mauritius)**.

## Technical integration

AfrAsia Bank Mobile Banking app (iOS + Android) + afrasiabank.com online + AfrAsia Bank branch network across Mauritius + South Africa + AfrAsia Bank Visa + Mastercard cards; MauRIS.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Mauritian + African banking competitors**: [Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mcb-mauritius) (Mauritius Commercial Bank MCB; SEM: MCBG; Africa's oldest commercial bank since Sep 1 1838 + ~1M MCB Juice mobile banking users + ~40% MU banking market share + one of largest African banking groups + 9-country footprint) + [SBM Bank Mauritius](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/sbm-mauritius) (SBM Bank Mauritius; SEM: SBMH; Mauritian commercial bank + Mauritius's #2 commercial bank by assets + 5-country footprint) + Absa Mauritius (Absa Mauritius; Absa Group South African parent subsidiary) + Standard Chartered Mauritius (Standard Chartered Mauritius) + HSBC Mauritius (HSBC Mauritius).

**Regulator**: BoM.

## Status

**Active, Mauritian commercial bank focused on private + wealth banking + corporate banking + one of Mauritius's leading private banks + AfrAsia Bank Wealth Report publisher** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.afrasiabank.com/ "AfrAsia Bank — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AfrAsia_Bank "AfrAsia Bank — Wikipedia"
[mu-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/MU

- [1] [AfrAsia Bank — official][1]
- [2] [AfrAsia Bank — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Mauritius report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/MU)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/MU-mauritius.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [afrasia-bank.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/afrasia-bank). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.