Financial services in Malawi
Who banks where, how fast money moves through phones and banks, what credit is growing and where finance is headed.
Deals in the last 12 months1
Account ownership: Malawi against SADC
Account ownership, % of adults, latest year for each country. Click a bar for that country's financial services page.
Subsectors
9 in this pillarBanking in Malawi
- Tracks
- Banks, assets, deposits, credit by industry, bad loans and capital, branch networks, new licences and exits, digital banks.
- Signals ahead
- Credit growth by industry, licence approvals, foreign bank exits.
Select a figure for its trend. Source: dotzedw deals tracker.
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Who is moving
Open in the deals tracker1 deals in the last 12 months involving Malawi, placed in subsectors by what they say.
- 2026-10-12 · Malawi · M&A · Announced · Pensions and asset managementCourt freeze deepens pressure over K128bn Amaryllis takeover
- 2025-09-26 · Mozambique, Malawi · M&A · Completed · BankingFDH BANK PLC: FDH BANK PLC PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE ACQUISITION OF A CONTROLLING STAKE IN ECOBANK MOZAMBIQUE SA
- 2024-09-25 · Malawi · Development finance · Announced · Development financeNational Bank of Malawi Plc Secures landmark US$100 million financing facility from Afreximbank to support trade finance
- 2024-06-27 · Malawi · Development finance · Announced · Development financeFDH Bank Malawi bags US$15-million Afreximbank loan facility
- 2023-12-04 · Malawi · Development finance · Approved · Development financeAfrican Development Bank finances MALAWI - NBS BANK PLC
- 2023-03-27 · Madagascar, Mozambique, Mauritius, Malawi, Namibia, Eswatini, Seychelles, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia · Development finance · Approved · Development financeAfrican Development Bank finances Mauritius - Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB)