Ecobank, a leading pan-African financial services Group has been named the continent’s best bank in Global Finance’s World’s Best Banks 2025 Awards.
Ecobank Gambia and Ecobank Togo were also picked as the best banks of the year 2025 in their respective countries.
“Driving intra-African trade is an important focus of our growth, transformation and returns strategy and we are continuously leveraging technology and partnerships to further enhance our continental digital payments platform and to position Ecobank as Africa’s trade bank of choice” says
Jeremy Awori, Chief Executive Officer, Ecobank Group.
He described the awards as a testament to Ecobank’s intense focus on putting its customers at the centre of its decision making, and the quality of its financial products, services and solutions.
”Our expertise and integrated coverage, which is networked across our 35-African country footprint, enable us to structure complex local and cross-border transactions. We maximise our impact across our markets by deploying our key product pillars of cash management; trade finance; fixed income currencies and commodities; loans and liquidity; investment banking; and securities, wealth and asset management” he said.
In selecting the best bank winners, Global Finance’s judges considered factors including growth in assets, profitability, geographic reach, strategic relationships, new business development and innovation in products. They also sought the opinions of equity analysts, credit rating analysts, banking consultants and others involved in the industry, and held extensive consultations with corporate financial executives, bankers, banking consultants and analysts.
The winners are banks that attend carefully to their customers’ needs in difficult markets and accomplish strong results while laying the foundations for future success.
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, Ecobank Gambia and Ecobank Togo will be presented with their awards at the Global Finance Awards Ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington DC on 18 October 2025, which is being held during the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings.
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