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ZB Bank Limited

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ZB Financial Holdings
Company typePrivate
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1951; 73 years ago (1951)
HeadquartersHarare, Zimbabwe
Key people
Charity Manyeruke
Chairman
Ronald Mutandagayi
Managing Director
ProductsLoans, savings, checking, investments, debit cards, credit cards, mortgages
RevenueIncreaseAftertax ZW$433.6 million (2019)[1]
Total assetsZW$3 532.5 million (2019)[1]
Number of employees
631 (2018)[2]
Website[1]

ZB Bank Limited (ZBBL), also known as ZB Bank but commonly referred to as Zimbank, is a commercial bank in Zimbabwe. It is licensed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, the central bank and national banking regulator.[1]

Location

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The headquarters and main branch of ZB Bank Limited are in ZB House, at 21 Natal Road, in Avondale, Harare, Harare, the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe.[3] The geographical coordinates of the bank's headquarters are: 17°47'59.0"S, 31°02'30.0"E (Latitude:-17.799722; Longitude:31.041667).[4]

ZB Life Assurance- Individual Life

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ZB Life Assurance products include the following:

1. MoreCover Funeral Plan

2. MoreCover Endowment Plan

3. MoreCover Life Plan

4. The Seed

5. Prime Plan

6. Growthplus Retirement Plan (With and Without Life Cover)

ZB Life Assurance- Group Business

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ZB Life Assurance has products and services that include;

1. Pension Schemes

2. Defined Benefit

3. Defined Contribution

4. Hybrid Pension Schemes

5. Immediate Annuities

6. Selfguard Preservation Fund

7. Investment Management (Pooled or Segregated basis)

8. Guaranteed Fund

9. Market Linked Fund (Growthplus Managed Fund)

10. Group Life Assurance Schemes (with optional ancillary benefits that include Disability Cover and Conversion Option)

11. Group Cash Funeral Plans

12. Credit and Mortgage Protection Schemes

Business Services

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ZB Bank Limited services cover broad areas which are available either as a package or as an unbundled service. These are consultancy, pension fund administration, actuarial, underwriting and investment management services.

Consultancy Services

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ZB Bank Limited services offer solutions[buzzword] relating to the provision of Employee and Group Benefits. These include benefits design and advice on the impact of legislative, demographic as well as economic changes and other relevant social trends on the provision of Employee and Group Benefits.

Secretarial Services

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ZB Bank Limited services offer administration services to all types of pension funds and group life assurance arrangements. These services include the provision of the following: 1. Database management (from single or multiple payroll points) 2. Accounting services 3. Benefits settlement 4. Reporting on administration and financial performance 5. Compliance management 6. Actuarial assessments 7. Actuarial Services

Overview

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ZBBL is the flagship of ZB Financial Holdings Limited, a large Zimbabwean financial services provider whose shares are traded on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange under the symbol ZBFH.[5] As of December 2016, ZBBL's total assets were US$439.3 million, with shareholders' equity of US$89.43 million.[3]

Branch network

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As of April 2016, ZBBL maintained a network of 49 branches and 10 agencies across Zimbabwe as listed in the 2016 Annual Report.[3]

ZimBank lottery

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In January 2000, Fallot Chawaua, the Master of Ceremonies of a promotional lottery organised by the Zimbabwe Banking Corporation, announced that Robert Mugabe won the Z$100,000 first prize jackpot.[6][7] The lottery was open to all clients who had kept Z$5,000 or more in their ZimBank accounts.[6][7]

History

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ZBBL's origins can be traced to 1951. Ten years later, the financial services organisation from which the bank originated had grown to nine branches countrywide. That organisation was sold to the Netherlands Bank of Rhodesia in 1961. In 1972, the company changed its name to Rhodesia Banking Corporation and then to Rhobank in 1979. Following the purchase of majority shareholding by the government, the company changed its name to the Zimbabwe Banking Corporation in 1981.[8]

In 1989, the company was restructured under one holding company, Zimbabwe Financial Holdings Limited. This allowed the bank to operate as a stand-alone subsidiary of a larger financial conglomerate that also owned other non-banking financial services subsidiaries. The acquisition of other subsidiaries over the years allowed the Group to offer a wide range of services which include commercial and merchant banking, hire purchase and leasing as well as trust and executor services.[8]

On 30 October 2006, the Group adopted a new brand and formally changed its name to ZB Financial Holdings Limited. This change coincided with the merger with former Intermarket Holdings. These new subsidiaries included a bank, two insurance companies and a building society. All subsidiaries adopted the ZB brand across the board.[8]

In June 2014, the financial group merged ZB Bank Limited with ZB Building Society, to meet new capital requirements by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe[9]

ZB Reinsurance

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ZB Reinsurance Limited (ZBRe) is the reinsurance arm of ZBFH, offering a diverse range of reinsurance services.

Established as Intermarket Reinsurance Limited in a joint venture between Hollandia Reinsurance of South Africa and Intermarket Holdings Limited in 1997; the company was renamed ZB Reinsurance subsequent to the acquisition of a majority shareholding in IHL by ZB Financial Holdings Group (ZBFH) in 2006.

ZBRe provides reinsurance solutions[buzzword] to local and regional insurance companies, reinsurers, medical aid societies as well as special type clients/consortiums.

ZB Reinsurance Limited (ZBRe) is the reinsurance arm of ZBFH, offering a diverse range of reinsurance services.

Established as Intermarket Reinsurance Limited in a joint venture between Hollandia Reinsurance of South Africa and Intermarket Holdings Limited in 1997; the company was renamed ZB Reinsurance subsequent to the acquisition of a majority shareholding in IHL by ZB Financial Holdings Group (ZBFH) in 2006.

ZBRe provides reinsurance solutions[buzzword] to local and regional insurance companies, reinsurers, medical aid societies as well as special type clients/consortiums.

ZBRe has over the years cultivated lasting partnerships with renowned insurance and reinsurance companies both regionally and internationally, with the view to ultimately entrenching a regional presence.[citation needed]

Board of directors

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1. Charity Manyeruke; DPhil, MSc, BSc. (Chair)

2. Peter Baka Nyoni; MBA, MA, BA, Adv. Dip in Theology

3. Ronald Mutandagayi; B.Acc, MBL, Chartered Accountant (CEO)

4. Fanuel Kapanje; B.Acc, B.Compt, Chartered Accountant

5. Olatunde Akerele; LLB, MBA (Finance)

6. Terekuona Sydney Bvurere; B.Acc.

7. Pamela Chiromo; B.Compt, ACCA, MBA

8. Jacob Mutevedzi; LLB

9. Alexio Zambezi Mangwiro; BSc Public Health.

Shareholding

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The shareholding in “ZB Financial Holdings Limited” the holding company of the bank, is as illustrated in the table below:[3]

ZB Financial Holdings Limited Stock Ownership
Rank Name of Owner Percentage Ownership
1 National Social Security Authority of Zimbabwe 37.79
2 Transnational Holdings Limited 21.44
3 ZB Financial Holdings Limited 10.08
4 Old Mutual Life Assurance of Zimbabwe Limited 5.50
5 Mashonaland Holdings Limited 3.01
6 Finhold Group Staff Trust 3.01
7 Government of Zimbabwe 2.07
8 LHG Malta Holdings Limited 1.77
9 Guramatunhu Family Trust 1.50
10 Ministry of Finance 1.15
11 Others 12.38
Total 100.00

ZB Financial Group

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The subsidiaries of ZB Financial Holdings Limited include the following:[3]

ZB Financial Holdings Limited Subsidiaries
Rank Name of Owner Percentage Ownership Notes
1 ZB Bank Limited 100.00 Commercial Bank
2 ZB Building Society 75.33 Building Society
3 ZB Transfer Secretaries 100.00 Transfer Secretaries
4 ZB Capital Private Limited 100.00 Private Capital
5 ZB Reinsurance Limited 100.00 Reinsurance
6 ZB Life Assurance Limited 64.00 Life Insurance
7 ZB Associated Services Private Limited 100.00 Security Services
8 Mashonaland Holdings Limited 34.72 Investments
9 Credit Insurance Zimbabwe Limited 42.10 Credit Insurance
10 Cell Holdings Private Limited 33.32 Short-term Insurance

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (17 May 2018). "List of Registered Banking Institutions". Harare: Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (17 May 2017). "ZB Bank Limited". Harare: Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e ZB Bank Limited (2 March 2017). "ZBFH Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 2016". Harare: ZB Bank Limited. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Location of the Headquarters of ZB Bank Limited, Natal Road, Harare" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  5. ^ Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (17 May 2018). "Zimbabwe Stock Exchange: Listed Companies: ZB Financial Holdings Limited". Harare: Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  6. ^ a b Acemoglu, Daron (2011). Why Nations Fail. New York: Crown Publishers. pp. 368. ISBN 978-0-307-71921-8.
  7. ^ a b "Mugabe hits the jackpot". BBC. 28 January 2000. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  8. ^ a b c ZBFHL (16 April 2016). "History of ZB Financial Holdings Limited". Harare: ZB Financial Holdings Limited (ZBFHL). Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  9. ^ Business Reporter (26 May 2014). "ZB Holdings to proceed with ZB Building Society merger". NewsDay Zimbabwe. Harare. Retrieved 16 April 2016. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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