OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES OF CROSS-BORDER BANKING: FOCUS ON PAN-AFRICAN BANKS

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Keywords
Africa; Africa-to-Africa; Cross-border banking; Internationalization; Pan-African banks.

There has been a remarkable increase of the regional banking operations across the African continent over the past two decades. This resulted from macroeconomic improvements and economic growth. As a result, African banks increased their geographical operations to emerge as regional groups holding a considerable market share compared to their historically predominant competitors. However, the literature on the pan-African banking industry to understand better this phenomenon is still scarce, which limits having a bigger and inclusive picture of all the key elements influencing this noteworthy growth. This research paper articulates a review based on previous academic research works, and highlights the most important opportunities that regional banks seized, as well as the challenges they faced in order to lead their cross-border banking operations successfully across the region.

JEL: F21; F23; G15; G21; O55
Pages: 14
Price: 2 Points

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