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This is a list of banks in Ethiopia, with summary data for the year 2023 (mostly June). [1] Bank Name Web Site Year Est. No of Branches SWIFT SHF Equity (ETB m)
15 March – The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) encounters a systematic glitch on its service involving the withdrawal of more than 40 million dollars. CBE officials suspect that the glitch was caused by economic and political reasons [ 5 ] and the money was easily transferred to students in Dilla and Jimma University .
The bank also operates two branches in South Sudan. It is contemplating re-opening a branch in Djibouti, and opening branches in Dubai and Washington, DC, all to serve the Ethiopian diaspora. The bank is pioneer to introduce modern banking to Ethiopia and credited for playing a catalytic role in the economic progress and development of the ...
[2] [3] In 1963, a new banking law allows split into the National and Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. The law included other commercial banks to operate, including foreign banks operated 51% owned by Ethiopians. The biggest of these was the Addis Ababa Bank, owned by 40% owned by British owned Grindlays Bank, and had 26 branches by 1975.
Governors of National Bank of Ethiopia (4 P) N. National Bank of Ethiopia (1 C) Pages in category "Banks of Ethiopia"
Enat Bank (Amharic: እናት ባንክ) is a private commercial bank in Ethiopia. Founded in 2008 by nine female business promotors, the bank envisaged to maximize and promote female capability in economic inclusion. The bank is composed of 7,000 shareholders who have interest for investing the bank and most of 60% composed of female.
The economy of Ethiopia is a mixed and transition economy with a large public sector. The government of Ethiopia is in the process of privatizing many of the state-owned businesses and moving toward a market economy. [26] The banking, telecommunication and transportation sectors of the economy are dominated by government-owned companies. [27] [28]
On 15 March 2024, the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) encounter systemic glitch that occurred between 12 a.m. and 3 a.m in local time. CBE released five notes within less than 24 hours, describing the bank failure as a systemic problem in its branch level. [4] CBE President Abe Sano said that much of the money was withdrawn by students. [5]