ADIB Egypt leads First Bank’s H1 2026 composite growth index

ADIB Egypt tops First Bank’s composite growth index with 73.91 points, while The United Bank secures second place

Four foreign banks rank among the top 10 out of 13 foreign banks covered by the index

Islamic banks secure two places among the top 10

First Bank’s composite index of the best-performing banks in Egypt during H1 2026 revealed that Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – ADIB Egypt topped the ranking, scoring 73.91 points. The Bank’s leading position was supported by a 19.62 per cent increase in customers’ deposits during H1 2026, alongside a 28 per cent rise in total customer financing. Furthermore, its net profit increased by 21.57 per cent on a half-year basis, while its total assets, excluding net loans, grew by 12.39 per cent.

The United Bank secured second place with 71.17 points, trailing the leader by a narrow margin of 2.74 points. Its performance was supported by recording the highest growth rate in customers’ deposits among the banks covered by the ranking, at 20.79 per cent, in addition to leading in total customer loans growth at 29.64 per cent. These results strengthened its competitive position despite a 12.90 per cent decline in net profit.

Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt ranked third with 70.25 points, driven by a remarkable 193.12 per cent year-on-year surge in net profit, recording the highest profit growth rate among the banks covered by the ranking. Meanwhile, its customers’ financing increased by 10.76 per cent, while deposits grew by 7.84 per cent.

First Bank’s composite growth index assessed the performance of banks operating in the Egyptian banking sector based on four key indicators reflecting their actual performance during H1 2026. These included net profit growth, total loans growth, customers’ deposits growth, and total assets growth excluding loans, given that loans were already incorporated as a separate key indicator within the composite index. Each indicator was assigned a different weighting.

Regarding Islamic banks, they secured two places among the top 10 banks in the index out of four Islamic banks covered by the ranking: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – ADIB Egypt, Kuwait Finance House Bank Egypt, Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt, and alBaraka Bank Egypt. ADIB Egypt ranked first overall, while Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt secured third place.

As for foreign banks participating in the ranking, they secured four places among the top 10, namely Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – ADIB Egypt, NBK Egypt, QNB Egypt, and Emirates NBD Egypt.

It is worth noting that all growth rates mentioned in the above analysis are based on the standalone financial statements published by each bank as of the end of June 2026.

Rank	Bank name	Score
1	Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank – ADIB Egypt	73.91
2	The United Bank	71.17
3	Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt	70.25
4	BANK NXT	68.64
5	Commercial International Bank (CIB)	66.17
6	NBK Egypt	63.43
7	Qatar National Bank (QNB Egypt)	63.14
8	Emirates NBD Egypt	61.81
9	Housing and Development Bank (HDB)	60.91
10	Suez Canal Bank	58.38
11	EGBANK	56.41
12	AlexBank	55.77
13	Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait – Egypt (ABK-Egypt)	55.39
14	Export Development Bank of Egypt (EBank)	54.75
15	Arab African International Bank (AAIB)	53.82
16	Credit Agricole Egypt	53.42
17	Kuwait Finance House – Egypt (KFH)	46.64
18	Banque du Caire	45.72
19	HSBC Egypt	39.09
20	Attijariwafa bank Egypt	38.76
21	Banque Misr	38.05
22	Al Baraka Bank Egypt	37.98
23	Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) Egypt	36.61
24	Bank ABC Egypt	36.53
25	saib	32.74
26	First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) Egypt	4.67