Suez Canal Bank, BANK NXT, and ADIB Egypt are the fastest-growing private sector banks in net customer loans during 2025

Suez Canal Bank leads the list and BANK NXT comes in second

Listed banks take half of the spots among the top ten

Gulf groups dominate and secure 6 positions among the 10 fastest-growing banks

Islamic banks claim two spots among the top ten

CIB strengthens its leadership as the largest in portfolio size and increase value during 2025

The First Bank list of the fastest-growing private sector banks operating in Egypt in net customer loans during 2025 showed that Suez Canal Bank took the first place with a growth rate of 63.3%. Its net customer loan portfolio rose to 122.37 billion EGP at the end of 2025, compared to 74.94 billion EGP at the end of 2024.

BANK NXT claimed the second place, as its net customer loan portfolio increased by 60.6% during last year to reach 48.32 billion EGP at the end of 2025, compared to 30.09 billion EGP at the end of 2024.

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – Egypt (ADIB) came in third place with a growth rate of 53.4% during 2025. Its net customer loan portfolio climbed to 147.48 billion EGP by the end of 2025, compared to 96.11 billion EGP at the end of 2024.

The First Bank list tracked the net customer loans of 21 private banks operating in the Egyptian banking system with available financial data for 2025. It showed that all the banks achieved positive growth rates.

The ranking showed a strong performance by Gulf groups operating in Egypt, as they dominated 6 spots among the 10 fastest-growing private banks. These banks are: ADIB Egypt, FABMISR, ADCB, ABK Egypt, QNB Egypt, and Kuwait Finance House.

The data also showed a great performance by banks listed on the Egyptian Exchange, as they took half of the spots among the 10 fastest-growing private banks in net customer loans during 2025. These banks are Suez Canal Bank, ADIB Egypt, CIB, EGBANK, and QNB Egypt.

Islamic banks secured two positions among the 10 fastest-growing private banks in net customer loans during 2025. Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank took the third place on the list, while Kuwait Finance House – Egypt came in eighth place.

On the other hand, Commercial International Bank (CIB) was the largest in terms of portfolio size and the value of increase during the period. Its net loan portfolio grew by about 162.41 billion EGP during 2025 to reach 503.36 billion EGP by the end of 2025, compared to 340.96 billion EGP at the end of 2024.

It is worth noting that private sector banks are those where the total share of private ownership is more than 50%, according to data from the Egyptian Ministry of Public Business Sector.