Banco Angolano de Investimentos

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The Banco Angolano de Investimentos (BAI), formerly Banco Africano de Investimentos, is a universal bank in Angola . It was founded on November 13, 1996 as the first private Angolan bank in Luanda .

The bank is active in business with individual customers and provides loans and solutions for SMEs . At the beginning of 2020, BAI has a total of 140 branches in Angola, is represented in Portugal with Banco BAI Europa , in Cape Verde with Banco BAI Cabo Verde , and in São Tomé and Príncipe . In Brazil the BAI maintains partnerships with Brazilian institutes and in Johannesburg , South Africa it maintains a representative office . It is the Angolan bank with the highest savings. They were worth 1,092.66 billion kwanzas in 2017. In 2018 it won the “Safest Bank in Angola” and “Best Bank in Angola” awards. In 2012, the BAI was accused by investigative journalist Rafael Marques de Morais of serving as a money laundering institution for the country's political rulers.

Shareholders: Sonangol (17.5%); Crédito Agrícola (9.5%); Investec Bank (7.5%); José Récio (7.5%); Services Group (8%); Amer-Con (6%); Other (44%)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Banco BAI Europa ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed August 12, 2012 (pt)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bancobaieuropa.pt
  2. ↑ Banco BAI Cabo Verde , accessed August 12, 2012 (pt)
  3. ↑ BAI expands banking services to South Africa allafrica.com, April 22, 2010 (en)
  4. ↑ Figura 26 - Ranking Depósitos de Clientes deloitte.com (PDF) p. 85, accessed on March 1, 2020 (Portuguese)
  5. ↑ BAI microsoft.com , February 25, 2020, accessed February 29, 2020 (Portuguese)
  6. ↑ Rafael Marques acusa figuras do Estado de Angola de branqueamento de capitais dw.com , July 17, 2012, accessed on February 29, 2020 (Portuguese)
  7. ↑ Petição contra o BAI tem saldo positivo, segundo Rafael Marques dw.com , August 16, 2012, accessed on February 29, 2020 (Portuguese)
  8. ↑ BAI à Lavandaria do Regime makaangola.org , June 8, 2012, accessed on February 29, 2020 (Portuguese)

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