Financial services in Zambia
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 months4
Account ownership: Zambia 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 Zambia
- 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.
Open these deals in the deals tracker
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Who is moving
Open in the deals tracker4 deals in the last 12 months involving Zambia, placed in subsectors by what they say.
- 2026-06-29 · Zambia · M&A · Approved · BankingNotice of Inquiry into the Proposed Merger Involving Access Bank (Zambia) Limited and Cavmont Bank Limited
- 2026-06-24 · Zambia · M&A · Approved · BankingNotice of Inquiry into the Proposed Merger involving Access Bank Zambia Limited and African Banking Corporation Zambia Limited T/A Atlas Mara Zambia
- 2026-02-27 · Zambia · Venture capital · Announced · Fintech and insurtechZambia Neobank Lupiya Extends Series A to $11.25M
- 2025-10-30 · Zambia · M&A · Announced · BankingFNB Zambia acquires Stanchart Bank's Wealth & Retail Banking Business
- 2023-06-29 · Zambia · Development finance · Completed · Development financeIFC invests in Bayport Financial Services Zambia Limited
- 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)
- 2023-03-10 · Zambia · Development finance · Approved · Development financeAfrican Development Bank finances Zambia - Feasability study detailed design and ESIA for Lusaka city water supply improvement projet