Licensed banks and lenders in Tanzania
43 institutions. Source: official register of Bank of Tanzania (BoT) as of 31 December 2025 (view the register).
Partial register: some categories of institutions are not yet covered.
Commercial banks (37)
Absa Bank (Tanzania) Limited
Access Bank Tanzania Ltd
Akiba Commercial Bank Plc.
Amana Bank Limited
Azania Bank Limited
Bank of Africa (Tanzania) Limited
Bank of Baroda (Tanzania) Limited
Bank of India (Tanzania) Limited
China Dasheng Bank Limited
Citibank (Tanzania) Limited
Cooperative Bank of Tanzania Limited
CRDB Bank Plc.
DCB Commercial Bank Plc.
Diamond Trust Bank (Tanzania) Limited
Ecobank (Tanzania) Limited
Equity Bank (Tanzania) Limited
Exim Bank (Tanzania) Limited
Guaranty Trust Bank (Tanzania) Limited
Habib African Bank Limited
I & M Bank (Tanzania) Limited
International Commercial Bank (Tanzania) Limited
KCB Bank (Tanzania) Limited
Letshego Faidika Bank Limited
Maendeleo Bank Plc.
Mkombozi Commercial Bank Plc.
MUCOBA Bank Plc.
Mwalimu Commercial Bank Plc.
Mwanga Hakika Bank Limited
National Bank of Commerce Limited
National Microfinance Bank Plc.
NCBA Bank Tanzania Limited
Peoples' Bank of Zanzibar Limited
Stanbic Bank (Tanzania) Limited
Standard Chartered Bank (Tanzania) Limited
Tanzania Commercial Bank Plc
Uchumi Commercial Bank Limited
United Bank for Africa (Tanzania) Limited
Development finance institutions (2)
Tanzania Agricultural Development Bank Limited
TIB Development Bank Limited
Microfinance banks (3)
Finca Microfinance Bank Limited
Selcom Microfinance Bank Tanzania Limited
Vision Fund Tanzania Microfinance Bank Limited
Other licensed lenders (mortgage, digital credit…) (1)
First Housing Finance (Tanzania) Limited
List reproduced from the regulator's register as of the date shown; only the official register is authoritative. Being listed is neither a recommendation nor a financing offer.
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