Who owns OM Bank?
OM Bank is owned by Old Mutual (South Africa).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Old Mutual Limited Integrated Report 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Old Mutual Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Banks › Retail & commercial banks
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About OM Bank
OM Bank is the retail bank launched by Old Mutual in 2025. The 2025 integrated report says it was soft-launched to employees in the first half of 2025 and rolled out in a phased way, and that it is reported in the Old Mutual Banking cluster.
Ownership timeline of OM Bank
- Current owner Old Mutual [1] reported
Where OM Bank sits in Old Mutual
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Old Mutual brand portfolio (7) →
Other brands owned by Old Mutual
Old Mutual controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in finance & insurance.
Also in finance & insurance
Other brands in retail & commercial banks, and who owns them
The 12 brands in retail & commercial banks on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is Credicorp, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Banco de Crédito del Perú | Credicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Banco Macro | Banco Macro | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Banco Galicia | Grupo Galicia | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Hang Seng Bank | HSBC | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Interbank | IFS | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| MUFG Bank | MUFG | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| FirstBank | PNC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Shinhan Bank | Shinhan | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Old Mutual
Old Mutual is a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa, founded in 1845. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control.
Old Mutual Limited is a pan-African financial services group whose 2025 integrated report says it began in 1845 as a single insurer in Cape Town and is now listed on five stock exchanges. The report says it was reorganised in 2025 into five clusters: Old Mutual Life and Savings, Old Mutual Banking, Old Mutual Investments, Old Mutual Insure and Old Mutual Africa Regions. It also reports that it launched OM Bank in 2025 and announced a R2.2 billion purchase of a majority stake in 10X Investments; the report gives a second-quarter 2026 completion date but is inconsistent on whether the deal had closed.
🇿🇦 OM Bank and other South African brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 175 brands that began in South Africa. 12 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; OM Bank is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of OM Bank?
The parent company of OM Bank is Old Mutual, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa.
Is OM Bank South African?
Yes. OM Bank originated in South Africa and its owner, Old Mutual, is also headquartered in South Africa.
Is OM Bank still owned by Old Mutual?
Yes. As of 13 October 2026, OM Bank is still owned by Old Mutual. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Old Mutual Limited Integrated Report 2025 — Old Mutual Limited, Annual report; retrieved 13 October 2026.
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