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Jan 31 , 2026

Hijira Bank Flushes With Cash in a Market Starved of Credit

Hijra Bank closed the last financial year with numbers that would flatter any young lender, with profits multiplied, deposits surged, and capital buffers thickened. However, beneath the headline gr...

Jan 24 , 2026

Ahadu Bank Profits Signal Resilience But Capital Falls Short

Ahadu Bank closed its most recent financial year not by pursuing breakneck growth, but by focusing on the fundamentals of survival. While its strong earnings, healthy deposit inflows, and solid asset...

Jan 10 , 2026

Coop Bank Rides Liquidity Wave as Deposit Growth Outpaces Competitors

For the Cooperative Bank of Oromia (Coop Bank), the 2024/25 financial year was defined less by distress than by imbalance. The Bank emerged with one of the strongest liquidity positions in the private...

Jan 4 , 2026

Abay Bank Surges on Currency Gains, Rapid Growth

Abay Bank marked its 15th year in the banking industry with what analysts characterised as a breakout performance, setting new records in profitability, liquidity, and shareholder returns. This not...

Dec 27 , 2025

Berhan Bank Outpaces Peers with Measured Gains, Old-School Banking

Berhan Bank's most recent financial year marked a decisive turn for mid-sized private banks. The Bank's performance over the 2024/25 financial year was one of strategic expansion, diversified income s...

Dec 20 , 2025

Nib Bank Reels from Currency Shock as Losses Mount, Shareholders' Pressure Grows

In an ordinary period, a year that closes with a multi-billion-Birr loss is usually read as a judgment on management. However, last year was more often a judgment on macroeconomics. Set against indust...

Dec 13 , 2025

Abyssinia Bank Flexes Muscle Fighting for a Seat at the Top

The Bank of Abyssinia (BoA) has crossed a crucial performance threshold for the 2024/25 financial year. Its balance sheet expanded sharply, deposits climbed despite tight monetary conditions, and lend...

Dec 6 , 2025

Lion Bank’s Quiet Reimagining Gains Roar in Profits Despite Headwinds

Lion International Bank (LIB), a mid-tier lender long overshadowed by flashier competitors, quietly posted its strongest performance to date during the 2024/25 fiscal year, helming a banking industry...

Nov 22 , 2025

Wegagen Elbows into the Big-League of Domestic Banking

Wegagen Bank's performance last year came at a time when the banking industry faced an unusual blend of volatility and promise. While the broader macroeconomic climate remained fogged by persistent do...

Nov 15 , 2025

Forex Windfall Puts Addis Bank on an Unsteady Pedestal

Addis Bank ended the last financial year as one of the most unusual performers in the banking industry. It stood out as a statistical outlier of exceptionally profitable, conservatively leveraged, fas...

Nov 8 , 2025

Record Returns, High Liquidity Mark a Banner Year for Zemen Bank

In a year marked by macroeconomic turbulence, tight liquidity, and regulatory overhaul, Zemen Bank emerged as the industry's standout performer, recording a historic leap in profitability that has rev...

Aug 30 , 2025

In Digital Hustle, Fragile Trust Cashless Future on a Tipping Point

Desalegn Banksira sits behind the counter of Tsione Bar & Restaurant, near the Lancha area, thumbing through slips of paper that pass for proof of payment. More and more of his customers prefer to...

May 11 , 2025

Siinqee Bank Accelerates Growth, Struggles to Convert Scale into Profit

Siinqee Bank has burst confidently from microfinance trenches into the competitive commercial banking industry, posting an impressive profit surge that outshone many peers. Its net profit jumped by 8...

May 4 , 2025

Dispute Over Prime Addis Property Ends in Acquittal, Leaves a Trail of Legal Scars

For Temesgen Yilma, a businessman known for running Yilma Butchery, a popular eatery serving raw beef in Adama (Nazareth) before opening an eponymous Yilma Restaurant in Addis Abeba, the past half doz...

Apr 27 , 2025

Sidama Bank's Bold Start into Commercial Banking Meets a Tough Reality

Sidama Bank entered the competitive banking industry in 2022, emerging from microfinance roots with ample capital, limited infrastructure, and ambitious plans to carve a niche among established privat...

Apr 19 , 2025

Amhara Bank Grows Fast with Slow Dividends

Amhara Bank's performance in the financial year 2023/24 is an illustration of how newer entrants in the banking industry are racing to catch up with older competitors, both in market position and publ...


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