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The was granted a banking license by the National Bank of Rwanda, in 2011 and commenced banking services in the fourth quarter of 2011.[4] Rwanda was the fourth East African country where the Equity Bank Group has opened a subsidiary. Operations in Tanzania commenced during the first quarter of 2012. The bank group maintains financial services subsidiaries in Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania. Operations in Burundi are planned to commence soon.

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