The South African Bank Of Athens Li

About us

The South African Bank of Athens Limited is focused on delivering world class banking services to the medium-sized business market in South Africa. A truly South African bank, it was established and has been operating in this country since 1947.

The bank’s primary focus is the delivery of core banking services to businesses with an annual turnover above R10 million. These services include the cornerstones of business banking – lending, transactional banking, treasury and foreign exchange. The bank currently has offices in Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Kwazulu-Natal. The primary benefit offered is the ability to specialise in the financial and banking needs of medium-sized businesses, providing exceptional customer service through highly skilled and experienced relationship managers offering service levels usually reserved for large corporates. Our relationship managers each run small portfolios, allowing a significantly higher level of customer contact and involvement, as well as unmatched speed in decision-making. The bank has principle clearing bank status, and it is a Registered Credit Provider and an Authorised Financial Services Provider.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

SABA recognises its responsibility to be an active corporate citizen towards its stakeholders and in the communities within which it operates. Accordingly, the Bank is committed to playing a role in the development of these communities in a way that is characterised by sustainable development.

CSI is a major cornerstone for good corporate citizenship, and forms an integral part of the Bank’s transformation, corporate accountability and governance programme.

The key principles for SABA’s CSI policy are:

To focus the majority of the Bank’s CSI funding on and involvement in those communities within which it operates.
To manage the impact of the Bank’s relations with the community and environment according to ethical principles.
To be committed to measure the effectiveness and sustainability of the CSI projects and partnerships against the Bank’s goals and objectives.
To approach all CSI projects in a consultative manner and where possible to facilitate sustainable wealth creation and self-sufficiency in the communities within which we operate.
To become involved in CSI in a responsible, principled and innovative way that benefits both beneficiary and donor.

With these principles in mind, the Bank focuses its CSI efforts on two key areas namely education as the primary focus, and community development / support as an additional focus area.

Education and Training includes secondary and tertiary education that will ultimately benefit the financial services sector (e.g. maths, science and commercial studies) as well as school building and equipping, outreach programmes and Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET).

This may include contributions to communities that endeavour to build schools and classrooms in rural areas as well as outreach and special programmes in suburban and township schools. Support may also be provided to Skills development Programmes that are aimed at improving skills levels in communities that will ultimately provide the ability to earn a living and become self-sustainable.

Community Development and Support includes health and social welfare, medical primary healthcare and welfare projects (e.g. food schemes) within the communities in which the Bank operates. These contributions may also be non-monetary, such as organisational, administrative support and time spent by staff to help to organise an event or project for a beneficiary. Contributions can also be made to community Aids awareness programmes aligned to government programmes and support for security and public safety programmes.

CONTACT DETAILS

CUSTOMER CARE

0861 102 205
[email protected]

INTERNATIONAL CALLS / SWITCHBOARD

+27 (0) 11 634 4300

GENERAL ENQUIRIES

Building No.3, Inanda Greens Business Park
54 Wierda Road West
Wierda Valley
Sandton
2196

P.O. Box 784921
Sandton
2146

Switchboard: Tel: +27 (0) 11 634 4300
Email: [email protected]
Swift Code: BATHZAJJ