Volkskas

Volkskas Beperk / Ltd.
Division
Industry Banking
Successor ABSA
Founded 1934
Defunct 1992
Headquarters Pretoria
Area served
South Africa, South West Africa
Key people
J.J. Bosman (Founder), Dr. Danie Cronjé (CEO)
Products Financial Services
Total assets ZAR 5 billion (1981)

Volkskas Beperk (English: Peoples' Bank) was a South African bank founded in 1934 as a cooperative loan bank, becoming a commercial bank in 1941.[1] In 1991, by which time it had become South Africa's largest Afrikaner bank, Volkskas merged with United Building Society, Allied Building Society and Trust Bank to form Amalgamated Banks of South Africa.[2]

The bank issued banknotes for circulation in South West Africa between 1949 and 1959 from its Windhoek branch.

See also

References

  1. Patterson, Sheila (2004). The Last Trek: A Study of the Boer People and the Afrikaner Nation. Routledge. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-415-32999-6.
  2. Meldrum, Andrew (10 May 2005). "From apartheid to mass appeal". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 March 2010.

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