Top Largest Banks in Zimbabwe

The top leading banks in Zimbabwe include Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe, Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe, CBZ Bank Limited, among others.

Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe Ltd is one of the largest and leading banks in Zimbabwe and is listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. The bank has a major commercial banking network throughout the country with branches in all large commercial centres. It also has the largest ATM network in the country.

Standard Chartered Bank Zimbabwe is one of the largest banks in the country and is the first financial institution to be established in Zimbabwe. The Bank offers a broad range of personal banking products and services including transactional account services, Bancassurance, personal loans and Wealth Management products. It won the Banker Award for Bank of the Year in 2005 and voted into the top 100 banks in Africa by a London based African business publication. Additionally it has been named Bank of the Year by The Banker magazine for 2003 and 2004.

CBZ Bank Limited is a leading commercial bank offering a wide range of solutions to personal and corporate customers. By 1998 the Bank was the third largest in Zimbabwe and it was accorded the Euro money Awards for Excellence and voted the Best Domestic Bank in Zimbabwe in 1999 and 2000. The bank provides personal customers with a wide variety of retail banking deposit products to facilitate transactional, saving and investment requirements. Business customers can access structured short or long term business loans, leasing facilities as well as offshore financing.

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