«Suez Canal Bank», «ADIB-Egypt», and «CIB» Lead EGX-Listed Banks in Loan Growth After Exchange Rate Adjustment in 2025

Suez Canal Bank Tops the List… «ADIB» Comes Second

Private Banks Capture the Top Five Positions with No Presence of Public Banks

Gulf Banking Groups Secure Two Spots Among the Fastest-Growing Top 5 Banks

Islamic Banks Hold One Position Among the Top Five

The «First Bank» list of the fastest-growing banks listed on the Egyptian Exchange in terms of customer loans—after adjusting for exchange rate effects during 2025—revealed that «Suez Canal Bank» ranked first, recording a growth rate of 64.6%, with its loan portfolio reaching 122.37 USD bnby the end of 2025.

«Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – Egypt (ADIB-Egypt)» came in second place, achieving a growth rate of 55.6% after exchange rate adjustment during 2025, with total customer financing reaching 147.48 USD bnby year-end.

«Commercial International Bank (CIB)» ranked third, with a growth rate of 40.7% after exchange rate adjustment in 2025, as its customer loan portfolio reached 503.36 USD bn by the end of the year.

The ranking reflects the real growth in customer loan portfolios of banks listed on the Egyptian Exchange during 2025. It is worth noting that the «First Bank» list covered 12 listed banks for which the required financial data were available.

The list also highlighted the dominance of private sector banks, which occupied the top five positions, including «Suez Canal Bank», «ADIB-Egypt», «CIB», «EGBANK», and «QNB Egypt».

At the level of Gulf banking groups operating in Egypt, they secured two positions among the top five fastest-growing banks, namely «ADIB-Egypt» and «QNB Egypt».

As for Islamic banks, they captured one position among the top five, with «ADIB-Egypt» ranking second.

It is worth noting that all figures mentioned in the above analysis are based on the standalone financial statements disclosed by each bank as of December 2025.