SC Bank, saib and ADIB - Egypt top fastest-growing banks in customer deposits during H1-2025

First Bank’s list of the fastest growing banks in customer deposits during the first half of 2025 revealed that Suez Canal Bank topped the list, as its portfolio of customer deposits increased by about 29.3%, reaching 175.17 billion pounds by the end of June 2025, compared to 135.47 billion pounds by the end of 2024.

First Bank list monitored the development of the customer deposit portfolio with 24 banks operating in the Egyptian banking system for which financial data were available during the first half of 2025, and showed that 22 banks achieved positive growth rates, while 2 banks witnessed a noticeable decline.

Returning to the list, Arab International Banking Company Bank «saib» took second place, after the volume of customer deposits jumped by about 18.5% during the first half of this year, recording 139.20 billion pounds at the end of June 2025, compared to 117.45 billion pounds at the end of 2024.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – Egypt «ADIB» snatched third place, as its portfolio of customer deposits increased by about 16.6% during the first half of 2025, reaching 233.61 billion pounds by the end of June 2025, compared to 200.28 billion pounds by the end of 2024.

Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait – Egypt «ABK – Egypt» won fourth place, as its portfolio of customer deposits increased by about 16% during the first half of this year, reaching EGP 139.1 bn by the end of June 2025, compared to EGP 119.89 bn by the end of 2024.

Emirates NBD took fifth place, after its customer deposit portfolio jumped by about 15.2% during the first half of 2025, reaching 147.61 billion pounds at the end of last June, compared to 128.18 billion pounds at the end of 2024.

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank «ADCB» came in sixth place with a growth rate of 14% during the first half of this year, bringing its portfolio of customer deposits to EGP 132.85 bn by the end of June 2025, compared to EGP 116.50 bn by the end of 2024.

The Bank of Alexandria came seventh, after its customer deposit portfolio increased by about 13.4% during the first half of this year, to record 190.60 billion pounds by the end of June 2025, compared to 168.04 billion pounds by the end of 2024.

Bank NXT ranked eighth, as its portfolio of customer deposits jumped by about 12.1% during the first half of 2025, reaching EGP 76.2 bn at the end of last June, compared to EGP 68.01 bn at the end of 2024.

First Abu Dhabi Bank - Egypt «FABMISR» ranked ninth with a growth rate of 11.5% during the first half of 2025, as its customer deposit portfolio rose to 288.48 billion pounds by the end of June 2025, compared to 258.79 billion pounds by the end of 2024.

The United Bank dominated tenth place, after its portfolio of customer deposits jumped by about 11% during the first half of 2025, recording 69.71 billion pounds at the end of June 2025, compared to EGP 62.82 bn at the end of 2024.

It is worth noting that all values and growth rates mentioned in the above analysis are in accordance with the independent financial statements announced for each bank at the end of June 2025