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Absa Becomes First African Bank to Launch Digital Asset Custody Service

Sep 24, 2026

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6 min read

Absa Becomes First African Bank to Launch Digital Asset Custody Service

As one of Africa’s largest banks, Absa operates across ten African markets and serves over twelve million customers. Its new service runs on Ripple’s custody technology and initially supports bitcoin, XRP, USDC and RLUSD.

Maximilian Vargas
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