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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.

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing your card experience, there will be a system maintenance on Friday 23 August from 00:30a.m. to 05:00a.m. (Mauritius time, GMT+4). This may temporarily affect your AfrAsia Cards mobile app, SMS and email notifications, as well as debit and credit card transactions.

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing our card system, there will be a planned maintenance on Monday 12 August 2024 from 03:00 a.m. to 03:45 a.m. (Mauritius time, GMT+4), during which online debit and credit card transactions might be impacted.

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing your card experience, there will be a system maintenance tonight, Tuesday 6 August 2024 from 11:00p.m. to 04:00a.m tomorrow (Mauritius time, GMT+4). This may temporarily affect your AfrAsia Cards mobile app, SMS and email notifications, as well as debit and credit card transactions.

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing our card system, there will be a planned maintenance on Monday 15 July 2024 as from 11:00 p.m. to Tuesday 16 July 2024, 05:00 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 debit card system, there will be a planned maintenance from Thursday 13 June 2024 from 23:00p.m. to Friday 14 June 2024 at 5:00a.m. (Mauritius time, GMT+4), during which transactions might be impacted.

We are pleased to announce the following updates to our Local Instant Transfer 24/7 service, effective 15 June 2024.

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing our services, there will be a planned maintenance on our Internet Banking Servicethis Tuesday 28 May 2024 from 10:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (Mauritius time, GMT+4)  during which there may be intermittent downtime.

We wish to inform you that in view of enhancing our card system, there will be a planned maintenance on Thursday 23 May 2024 from 02:00 a.m. to 04:00 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 debit card system, there will be a planned maintenance on Tuesday 14 May 2024 from 05:00 a.m. to 05:30 a.m. (Mauritius time, GMT+4), during which transactions might be impacted.