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AfrAsia Bank Limited wishes to inform its valued clients and the general public that its Ebene branch, currently located at NeXTeracom Tower III, Ebene, will cease operations at the close of business on Friday, 23 May 2025.

We are pleased to inform you that, following the lifting of the torrential rain warning in Mauritius, all AfrAsia Bank offices and branches have resumed normal operations today, Friday 2 May 2025.

Please be advised that in response to the declared Bank Holiday in light of the evolving weather conditions and torrential rain warning, all our offices and branches will be closed for business today, Wednesday 30 April 2025.  

We wish to inform you that the Bank will be closed on Thursday 01 May 2025, in view of the public holiday for Labour Day.

As we work to enhance the reliability of our services, we would like to inform you of a scheduled maintenance on our IT infrastructure this Saturday, 05 April 2025, from 02:00 a.m. to 09:00a.m. (Mauritius time, GMT+4).

We wish to inform you that the Bank will be closed on the following public holidays:

We are pleased to announce that following the lifting of all cyclone warnings and security bulletins in Mauritius, we will resume normal business operations today, Friday 28 February 2025.

We wish to inform you that the Mauritius Meteorological Services has maintained a Cyclone Warning Class 3 at 07h10 (Mauritius, GMT+4) this Thursday 27 February 2025. Our offices will be closed today, 27 February 2025 until further notice.

Following the increase of the Key Rate by 0.50%, we wish to inform our customers and the public that, effective 18th February 2025, our interest rates are revised as follows:

We wish to inform you that the Bank will be closed on Tuesday 11 February and Wednesday 26 February 2025, due to public holidays for the celebration of Thaipoosam Cavadee and Maha Shivaratree festivals, respectively.

We wish to inform you that the Bank will be closed on Wednesday 29 January 2025, due to the public holiday marking the Chinese New Year.

We are pleased to inform you that the technical issue affecting the use of our debit and credit cards for online payments has been resolved

We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your understanding.

We wish to inform you of the public holidays and early cut-off times during the festive seasons.

The Board of Directors of AfrAsia Bank Limited (the "Bank") wishes to inform its stakeholders and the public in general that its anchor shareholders, IBL Ltd and National Bank of Canada, have advised the Bank that they have signed a share purchase agreement with Access Bank UK Limited for the acquisition by Access Bank UK Limited of a majority stake in the Bank's share capital.

Following the communiqué issued by the Bank of Mauritius in the context of the general elections counting day, we wish to inform you of the early closure of our branches and the adjusted cut-off times for Monday 11 November 2024. Please note that our branch counters will close exceptionally early at 13H (Mauritius time, GMT+4) on Monday 11 November 2024.

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing our services, we will have a planned maintenance exercise during which the Local Instant Transfer feature will not be available from Saturday 2^nd November 2024, 20h00 to Sunday 3^rd November 2024, 08h00 (Mauritius time, GMT+4).

We would like to inform you that we are currently experiencing an issue with the landlines at our Ebene office. This affects both outgoing calls and incoming calls to the number (230) 4035000 and other direct lines.

We wish to inform you that the Bank will be closed on Thursday 31 October 2024, in view of the public holiday for the festival of Divali.

No securities transactions, foreign exchange deals and transaction requests will be processed or settled on this day, and shall be handled on the next business day. The central bank, stock exchange, depository and all other financial institutions will also be closed for business on this day.

You are kindly informed that we are currently facing an issue with the delivery of One-Time Passwords (OTP) via SMS for the authentication of online Debit and Credit card transactions due to a technical glitch.

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing our card system, there will be a planned maintenance on Thursday 10 October 2024 as from 01:00 a.m. to 02:00 a.m. (Mauritius time, GMT+4), during which credit card transactions might be impacted.

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing our card system, there will be a planned maintenance , this Friday 04  October 2024 from 01:00a.m. to 05:00a.m. (Mauritius time, GMT+4).

Following the decrease of the Key Rate by 0.50%, we wish to inform our customers and the public that, effective 01 October 2024, our interest rates are as follows:

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing our card system, there will be a planned maintenance , this Friday 27 September 2024 from 01:00a.m. to 05:00a.m. (Mauritius time, GMT+4),  during which the following services might be impacted.

In view of enhancing your travel experience, Visa has launched Visa Airport Companion in partnership with DragonPass, the world's leading airport digital platform provider. This new airport lounge programme is available to all AfrAsia Visa Debit Cardholders as from 01 October 2024 in replacement of the existing LoungeKey Programme.

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing our services, there will be a planned maintenance on our AfrAsia Cards App on Monday 23 September 2024 as from 00:30 am to 23:59 (Mauritius time, GMT+4), during which the application will not be available.