The Bank of Mauritius published a public notice confirming that its August 2025 assessment of Domestic-Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) found that the same four banks identified in March 2024 remain systemically important in Mauritius. The D-SIB framework is based on a June 2014 guideline that sets the methodology for assessing systemic importance and the resulting capital surcharge to be maintained. Banks are first screened where Segment A (domestic or resident) assets represent at least 3.5% of GDP at market prices, then assessed against five indicators: size, exposure to large groups, interconnectedness, complexity and substitutability. The D-SIBs confirmed under the latest assessment are The Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd, SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd, Absa Bank (Mauritius) Limited and AfrAsia Bank Limited.
Bank of Mauritius 2026-01-23
Bank of Mauritius reaffirms domestic systemically important bank status for four banks in its August 2025 assessment
The Bank of Mauritius confirmed that its August 2025 assessment identified the same four banks—The Mauritius Commercial Bank Ltd, SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd, Absa Bank (Mauritius) Limited, and AfrAsia Bank Limited—as Domestic-Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) in Mauritius, based on a framework assessing size, exposure, interconnectedness, complexity, and substitutability.