Atlantic Bank Group

Atlantic Bank Group, commonly known by its French name Groupe Banque Atlantique, is a West African financial services conglomerate, headquartered in Lomé, Togo. The Group consisting of banks and other financial services companies in Côte d'Ivoire, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Senegal and Cameroon.

Atlantic Bank Group

Native name	Groupe Banque Atlantique
Company type	Private company
Industry	Financial services
Founded	August 11, 1978; 46 years ago (1978 -08-11)
Headquarters	Lomé , Togo
Area served	West Africa
Key people	Souleymane Diarrassouba, Group CEO
Products	Retail banking, Loans, Savings, Checking, Investments, Debit Cards, Credit Cards, Mortgages
Total assets	US$1.5 billion+ (2010)[1]
Website	www.banqueatlantique.net

The Group is a large financial services provider in West Africa and Central Africa, with emphasis on retail banking, but offering a full range of financial products. The group maintains in excess of 150 branches in the 8 countries that it serves. The Group's shareholder's equity was in excess of US$122 million, as of October 2010^[update].^[2] Since 2012, it has been part of Morocco's BCP Group.

History

The first bank that the group established was Atlantic Bank Côte d'Ivoire (Banque Atlantique Côte d'Ivoire) (BACI), which was founded in 1978.^[3]

In 1997, the Group acquired the assets of Barclays Bank in Côte d'Ivoire, keeping the new acquisition separate, but renaming it COBACI. In 2001, the Group created a joint stock with the symbol SGI. In 2005, SGI became Atlantic Financial Group, the holding company of the Atlantic Bank Group.^[4] In 2004, a new subsidiary under the name GIE was established to handle the Group's computing and information technology needs. In 2007, GIE rebranded as Atlantic Technology SA.

Starting in 2006, the Group started a regional expansion drive by the opening of Atlantic Bank Benin that year. The next year, Atlantic Bank Niger, Atlantic Bank Burkina Faso, Atlantic Bank Mali and Atlantic Bank Togo were established. Since then Atlantic Bank Senegal (2007) and Atlantic Bank Cameroon (2009) were established.^[5] Also in 2009, COBACI was merged with Atlantic Bank Côte d'Ivoire (BACI).^[6]

In 2012, Atlantic Bank Group was taken over by the BCP Group based in Casablanca, Morocco.^[7]

Group structure before BCP takeover

Prior to integration into BCP, the group's parent holding company was Atlantic Financial Group based in Lomé, Togo. The member companies of the Atlantic Bank Group included the following:^[8]

• Atlantic Bank Côte d'Ivoire - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
• Atlantic Bank Benin - Cotonou, Benin
• Atlantic Bank Niger - Niamey, Niger
• Atlantic Bank Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
• Atlantic Bank Mali - Bamako, Mali
• Atlantic Bank Togo - Lome, Togo
• Atlantic Bank Senegal - Dakar, Senegal
• Atlantic Bank Cameroon - Douala, Cameroon^[9]
• Atlantic Technology SA - Lomé, Togo
• Atlantic Finance - Lomé, Togo - management and financial intermediation company
• Cash Money Worldwide - Lomé, Togo - funds transfer company
• Atlantic Bank France - Paris, France - representative office in Paris, France

See also

• Banks portal

• List of banks in Togo
• List of banks in Africa
• Central Bank of West African States
• Central Bank of Central African States
• Economy of Togo