NBE, Banque Misr, and CIB Top Egypt’s Banking Sector in Customer Deposits at End-March 2026
National Bank of Egypt Dominates with More Than One-Third of Egypt’s Banking Sector Deposits
Top 10 Rankings Remain Largely Unchanged, While HSBC Climbs to Eighth Place
Banking Sector Customer Deposits Reach EGP 16.88 Trillion, Up 7.1% in Q1 2026
Foreign Banks Secure Four Spots Among the Top 10 Despite Representing Only 17 Banks in the Ranking
Deposit-to-Asset Ratio Declines to 62.8% at End-March 2026 from 65.36% at Year-End 2025, Reflecting Banks’ Ongoing Funding Diversification
First Bank’s ranking of the largest banks by customer deposit market share at the end of March 2026 revealed that the National Bank of Egypt «NBE» maintained its leading position, accounting for more than one-third of total banking sector deposits, with a market share of approximately 36.73%.
Banque Misr ranked second, capturing an estimated 18.91% share of total customer deposits across the Egyptian banking sector as of March 2026.
The Commercial International Bank – Egypt «CIB» secured third place with a 7.17% market share, supported by a customer deposit portfolio of approximately EGP 1.21 trillion at the end of March 2026.
The First Bank ranking covered customer deposits across 32 banks operating in the Egyptian banking sector for which standalone financial statements were available as of the end of March 2026.
The ranking also showed that the top 10 positions remained virtually unchanged, with the only movement being HSBC’s rise to eighth place, up from ninth in the 2025 ranking.
Meanwhile, the five largest banks continued to dominate the sector, collectively accounting for 72.37% of total customer deposits at the end of March 2026, compared with 71.95% at the end of 2025.
Customer deposits across the banking sector expanded by more than EGP 1.11 trillion during the first quarter of 2026, reaching EGP 16.88 trillion by the end of March, compared with EGP 15.77 trillion at year-end 2025.
As for Islamic banks—Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Egypt «ADIB Egypt», Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt, Kuwait Finance House – Egypt, and Al Baraka Bank Egypt—their combined market share edged up to 4.84% of total banking sector deposits at the end of March 2026, compared with 4.60% at the end of 2025, reflecting their continued expansion and strengthening presence within the Egyptian banking market.
Among foreign banks, four institutions secured positions within the top 10 despite the ranking including 17 foreign banks. These were QNB Egypt, FABMISR, HSBC, and ADIB Egypt.
On the other hand, the ratio of customer deposits to total banking sector assets declined to 62.80% at the end of March 2026, compared with 65.36% at the end of 2025, indicating that banks continued to diversify their funding sources rather than relying predominantly on customer deposits.
All figures and market shares presented in this analysis are based on the standalone financial statements publicly disclosed by each bank as of the end of March 2026.
| Bank Name | Deposit Market Share (End-March 2026) |
|---|---|
 National Bank of Egypt (NBE) | 36.73% |
 Banque Misr | 18.91% |
 Commercial International Bank (CIB) | 7.17% |
| QNB Egypt | 5.22% |
 Arab African International Bank (AAIB) | 4.34% |
 Banque du Caire | 2.54% |
 FABMISR | 2.05% |
 HSBC Bank Egypt | 1.91% |
 Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Egypt (ADIB Egypt) | 1.90% |
| Agricultural Bank of Egypt | 1.52% |
 Arab International Bank (AIB) | 1.36% |
 Suez Canal Bank | 1.36% |
 Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt | 1.28% |
 National Bank of Kuwait – Egypt (NBK Egypt) | 1.21% |
| Bank of Alexandria | 1.19% |
 Housing & Development Bank (HDB) | 1.12% |
 Emirates NBD Egypt | 1.09% |
 Export Development Bank of Egypt (EBank) | 0.94% |
 Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank – Egypt (ADCB Egypt) | 0.94% |
 Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait – Egypt (ABK Egypt) | 0.88% |
 saib | 0.87% |
 Kuwait Finance House – Egypt (KFH Egypt) | 0.86% |
| Attijariwafa Bank Egypt | 0.83% |
 Arab Bank Egypt | 0.80% |
 Al Baraka Bank Egypt | 0.76% |
 Egyptian Gulf Bank (EGBANK) | 0.71% |
| Crédit Agricole Egypt | 0.71% |
 BANK NXT | 0.53% |
 The United Bank | 0.50% |
 Bank ABC Egypt | 0.47% |
| Citi Egypt | 0.42% |
 Mashreq Bank Egypt | 0.35% |
