Account opening: 7-14 working days

Overview:

AfrAsia Bank is a Private and Corporate Bank in Mauritius. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Bank of Mauritius, the country's central bank and the nation's banking regulator.

AfrAsia Bank is a large financial services provider in Mauritius and in the adjacent continental sub-regions of Southern, Central and Eastern Africa. 

The bank was founded by Jamess Benoit (resigned as of 2016) and others in 2007, in Mauritius. Today the Bank has subsidiaries in Mauritius, with representative offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Besides providing Private Banking & Personal Banking the bank focuses on Corporate & Investment Banking, Global Business Solutions and Treasury. The corporate philosophy is to be the reference point for Corporate and Investment Banking, Private Banking and Global Business Solutions linking Mauritius and the Africa-Asia trade corridor.

Payment processing options:

MasterCard, Visa

Rates and Charges

• Bank may change its tariffs at any time thus please visit bank’s website or contact us in order to receive updates, on specific charges or fees please contact us or bank.
• Bank may additionally charge for any other supplementary services.
• Above listed fees or any other additional fees, charges or commissions that may be required by bank are not part of our professional fees for assistance of opening a bank account.

The bank offers range of services and products

• Personalised account service
• Savings & term deposits
• International wire transfers
• Treasury& Foreign Exchange services
• Card services
• Trading services
• Online Banking

Requirements

Please provide us with the following documents:

Each Beneficial owner, shareholder, director, authorised signatory and secretary must provide

• Notarized KYC documents. (Please see N.B. below)
• Optional: A notarized copy of Bank reference that is not older than 3 months)
• Optional: Power of Attorney (where applicable)
• Optional: CV

Company

A Bundle of certified and apostilled documents:

• Certificate of Incorporation
• Share Certificates
• Memorandum and Articles of Associations
• Documents that approves the designation of company’s directors and secretary (if applicable)
• Document address of the registered office
• Optional: Valid License (if applicable)
• Optional: Certificate of Good Standing if the company is more than 12 months’ old
• Optional: Certificate of Incumbency

If director or shareholder is a legal person (corporate officer)

A Bundle of certified and apostilled documents:

• Copy of corporate documents (Certificate of Incorporation, Articles of Association, etc.)
• Copy of company register (that must consist of Shareholders, Directors and Secretary)
• Certificate of Incumbency
• Certificate of Good Standing

N.B.

• Passport must have signature of holder and it must be identical to one in the application form.
• Please also ensure that photo is clear.
• If signature is located other than on the page where is photo and details of person, then please provide additional copy of that particular page.
• If documents are not in English language, then they must be accompanied by a notarized translation.
• Any shortcomings in application forms may cause delay affect the bank account opening time.