Bard Santner secures banking licence

HARARE-BASED financial services group Bard Santner Inc has secured a deposit-taking microfinance bank licence to establish a diaspora-focused banking platform serving Zimbabweans and other Africans living abroad.

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) announced the licensing and approval of Bard Santner Microfinance Bank.

The licence lays the foundation for the group’s longer-term banking ambitions as it seeks to build a diaspora-focused institution, which it says will be the first of its kind in Zimbabwe and the region.

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