Suez Canal Bank, «ADIB – Egypt», and «EGBANK» are the fastest-growing listed banks on the Egyptian Exchange in the retail banking sector during 2025

Suez Canal Bank tops the list, with ADIB – Egypt in second place.

The private sector dominates the top five, with no presence of public banks.

Islamic banks secure two positions among the five fastest-growing listed banks in retail banking.

Gulf banking groups claim two positions among the top five fastest-growing listed banks.

The «First Bank» list of the fastest-growing listed banks in Egypt’s retail banking sector during 2025 revealed that Suez Canal Bank topped the ranking, with its retail banking portfolio rising by an average of about 93.42% during 2025. This growth was driven by its individual loans portfolio, which increased by 110.2% to EGP 11.55 bn by the end of December, while its retail deposits reached EGP 37.32 bn, growing by 76.6% over the past year.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – Egypt «ADIB» claimed second place, with its retail banking portfolio rising by an average of about 64.89% during 2025. Its individual loans portfolio grew by 74.8% to EGP 48.33 bn by the end of December, while its retail deposits reached EGP 134.57 bn, recording a growth rate of 55% during the same period.

The Egyptian Gulf Bank «EGBANK» secured third place, with its retail banking portfolio rising by an average of about 62.17% during 2025. Its individual loans portfolio increased by 117.3% to EGP 34.86 bn by the end of December, while its retail deposits reached EGP 26.35 bn, growing by 7.1% over the same period.

The list, which included all 12 banks listed on the Egyptian Exchange, showed that all banks achieved positive growth rates in their total retail banking portfolios during 2025, based on the independent financial statements announced by each bank.

The classification was based on a composite index developed by First Bank to measure the growth of banks in both individual loans and retail deposits portfolios.

The ranking revealed that private banks captured all positions among the top five fastest-growing listed banks in retail banking during 2025, namely: Suez Canal Bank, «ADIB», «EGBANK», «saib», and «Al Baraka».

Regarding Gulf banking groups operating in Egypt, two banks secured positions among the top five fastest-growing listed banks: «ADIB – Egypt» and «Al Baraka», highlighting their presence not only as banks affiliated with Gulf groups but also as the only Islamic banks to appear among the top five.

It is worth noting that all values and growth rates mentioned in the analysis above are based on the independent financial statements announced by each bank by the end of 2025.