List of banks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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This is a list of commercial banks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , as of 31 September 2023. [1]

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Banks

  1. Equity Banque Commerciale du Congo (Equity BCDC): Majority owned by Equity Group Holdings Limited [2]
  2. FBN Bank DRC SA, a subsidiary of First Bank of Nigeria.
  3. Citibank, since 1971
  4. Standard Bank Congo
  5. Rawbank
  6. Ecobank RDC
  7. Trust Merchant Bank
  8. Afriland First Bank
  9. Access Bank DRC
  10. Solidaire Banque SA
  11. SofiBanque
  12. CRDB Bank DR Congo [3] [4]
  13. Bank of Africa RDC
  14. United Bank for Africa Congo DRC
  15. BGFIBank DRC [1]

Defunct banks

  1. African Trade Bank (ATB)
  2. Bank with Gold Confidence (Bancor)
  3. Congolese Bank of Commerce Outside (BCCE)
  4. Continental Bank of Congo (BanCoC)
  5. Trade and Development Bank (BCD)
  6. Bank of Crédit Agricole (BCA)
  7. Compagnie Banciare de Commerce et de Credit (COBAC)
  8. First Bank Congo Corporation (FBCC)
  9. New Bank of Kinshasa (NBK)
  10. Ryad Bank (RB)
  11. Union of Congolese Banks (UBC)
  12. Continental Bank in Zaire (BACAZ)
  13. Congolese Bank (BC)
  14. Mining Bank of Congo
  15. La Cruche Banque

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References

  1. 1 2 Central Bank of the Congo (September 2023). "List of Licensed Banks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo" (Translated from the original French language). Central Bank of the Congo . Kinshasa, DRC. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Adonijah Ochieng (9 September 2019). "Equity To Expand In DRC With Acquisition of Second-Largest Bank". Business Daily Africa . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. ↑ The East African (29 March 2023). "Digitisation of payments for port charges by CRDB Bank and TPA a boost to EAC regional trade". The EastAfrican . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Josephine Christopher (4 May 2023). "CRDB Bank gets licence to operate in DR Congo". The Citizen (Tanzania) . Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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