Banco de Fomento Angola
| BFA - Banco de Fomento Angola, SARL | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1990 |
| Seat |
 Angola , Luanda
|
| management | Emídio Pinheiro (CEO), Isabel dos Santos , Vice President |
| Number of employees | 1,082 (2010) |
| Branch | Universal bank |
| Website | BFA website |
Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA) is an Angolan private bank and the second largest bank in the country.
The bank was founded in 1990 as Banco de Fomento Exterior (BFE) in the capital Luanda . In August 1996, it was taken over 100 percent by the Portuguese Banco Português de Investimento and was renamed Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA).
Currently (as of the end of 2010) the BPI-Bank is the main shareholder with 50.1 percent, the Angolan mobile operator UNITEL with 49.9 percent shares. The chairman of the shareholders' meeting is Rui de Faria Lélis, the managing director is Emídio Pinheiro. Isabel dos Santos is also a board member .
The new headquarters opened in July 2003 in Luanda. It is located on Avenida Amílcar Cabral in Maianga , Luanda . The branch network has been continuously expanded over the past few years. Today the bank has 193 branches across the country, with 86 branches in the capital Luanda alone, five in Cabinda , two in Uíge , three in Benguela , seven in Lobito , three in Huambo and eight in Lubango . The bank has over 750,000 customers and total assets of US $ 6,340 million (as of 2010).
BFA was named the best Angolan bank in 2009 by the British magazine EMEA Finance.
Also in 2009, the BFA received the Straight Through Processing Excellence Award from the Deutsche Bank Trust Company for the eighth time in a row . This was done in recognition of the fact that 99.1 percent of the payment orders are automatically processed by the BFA. The BFA also holds the title Superbrands Angola .
Web links
- BFA website (Portuguese)
- Annual report BFA (English; PDF; 793 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Structure and social organs of the BFA , accessed May 2, 2015
- ↑ Annual Report 2009, page 8 ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2010 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. (English; PDF; 793 kB)
- ↑ Annual Report 2009, page 7 ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2010 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. (English; PDF; 793 kB)
- ↑ Bloomberg Businessweek: Executive Profile Isabel dos Santos (English)
- ↑ Graphic growth 1990-2010, page 2,3 ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2011 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. (English; PDF; 1.3 MB)
- ↑ African Banking Awards 2009 ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Graphic growth 1990-2010, page 12 ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2011 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. (English; PDF; 1.3 MB)
