Banks in Libya
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| Central Bank of Libya | Agricultural Bank HQ | Aman Bank | Wahda Bank HQ |
The Libyan economy is dominated by the oil and related industries. Agriculture is the second largest industry. Libyan banking system is dominated by four banks which are owned in full or in the majority by the Libyan Central Bank. They are Jumhouria Bank, the National Commercial Bank, Wahda Bank and Sahara Bank, which the Central Bank of Libya groups as the country’s four major banks. The Central Bank of Libya’s directory of licensed commercial banks listed twenty-five banks in September 2026: Jumhouria Bank, National Commercial Bank, Wahda Bank, Sahara Bank, Bank of Commerce & Development, North Africa Bank, Aman Bank, Alejmaa Alarabi Bank, Libyan Foreign Bank, First Gulf Libyan Bank, Alwaha Bank, United Bank for Commerce & Investment, Assaray Trade and Investment Bank, Mediterranean Bank, Nuran Bank, Alwafa Bank, Tadhamon Bank, Libyan Islamic Bank, Yaqeen Bank, Andalus Bank, National Union Bank, Imaar Bank, Islamic Finance Bank, Daman Islamic Bank and Al Seraj Islamic Bank. That directory covers commercial banks only; the Libyan Agricultural Bank, the Development Bank and the Savings and Real Estate Investment Bank, listed below, are specialised banks and do not appear on it. The process of Bank privatization started in 2007. BNP Paribas acquired 19 percent of Sahara Bank in August 2007. Arab Bank of Jordan took a minority shareholding in Wahda Bank in February 2008 under the same programme; Wahda Bank remains a Libyan joint-stock bank and is counted by the Central Bank of Libya among the country’s four major banks. The Central Bank announced in October 2007 that it would merge Umma Bank and Jamahiriya Bank into a single entity; it issued the merger decision on 10 April 2008 and the combined institution trades as Jumhouria Bank.
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Agricultural Bank Libyan Agricultural Bank is an agricultural development bank operating under special law and owned by the Libyan government. The Bank operates one branch in Tripoli and another 27 branches throughout Libya. It was founded in 1955 and began operations in 1957.El.Ghayran area, Ganzor El.Sharqya Tripoli P.O.Box 1100 Phone: +218 (21) 4870586, 4870714, 4870745 Fax: +218 (21) 4870747 |
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Alejmaa Alarabi Bank Al Ejmaa Alarabi Bank (Tripoli Branch) Al Ejmaa Alarabi Bank (Benghazi Branch) |
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Aman Bank for Trade and Investment Aman Bank for Trade and Investment was established in Libya in 2003 under licence No. 140. Its capital was raised to 600 million Libyan dinars in 2023 and to 1.4 billion Libyan dinars in 2025, and it is fully owned by Libyan private-sector founders.Al-Andalus District Tripoli, Libya Phone: +218-21-4780025, +218-21-4780209 Fax: +218-21-4779947 Website: www.aman-bank.com |
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Al Wafa Bank Al Wafa Bank (Al Fallah Branch)Al Fatah Tower Website: www.alwafabank.com |
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Bank of Commerce & Development Bank of Commerce & Development provides banking products and services in Libya. The bank opened on 9 June 1996 and is a private bank headquartered in Benghazi, Libya. It operates a network of branches and ATMs.Abdulnaser St., Elberka Benghazi, Libya Phone: +218 61 908 0230, +218 61 222 9630 Fax: +218 61 909 7115, +218 61 223 7020 P.O.BOX 9045 SWIFT: CDBLLYLTXXX TELWX: 40298 BCDHOLY Website: http://www.bcd.ly |
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Central Bank Of Libya The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) is an independent financial institution wholly owned by the Libyan state and is the country’s monetary authority. It began operations on 1 April 1956, succeeding the Libyan Currency Committee established in 1951.The King Sauod Street (Al Dahra Area- Al Shatt Road) Tripoli, Libya P.O.Box 1103 Tel: +218 (21) 3333591 - 99 |
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Development Bank The bank has 27 branches across the country.Tripoli, Libya P.O.Box 3180 Phone:+218 (21) 4446622 |
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Eddekhar Bank “Eddekhar” transliterates the Arabic word for savings: this entry and the Savings and Real Estate Investment Bank entry below are the same institution, Masraf al-Iddikhar wa al-Istithmar al-Aqari.Khalifa Zaidi Street Tripoli, Libya P.O.Box: 2297 Phone: +218 (21) 4449306 Fax:+218 (21) 4449309 Website: www.eddekharbank.ly |
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Jumhouria Bank Gumhouria Bank Building Omar Al Mukhtar Avenue Giaddal Omer Al Moukhtar P.O.Box 685 Tarabulus Tripoli, Libya Tel: +218 21-333-4035, +218 21-444-2541 Website: www.jbank.ly |
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Libyan Foreign Bank The Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB), formerly the Libyan Arab Foreign Bank, was founded in 1972 in Tripoli as the country's first offshore banking institution licensed to operate internationally. The bank is 100% owned by the Central Bank of Libya. The bank is the majority shareholder of British Arab Commercial Bank plc of London, holding 85.95 percent of its share capital as at 31 December 2025; Banque Exterieure d’Algerie and Banque Centrale Populaire hold 7.025 percent each.Dat El Imad Complex, Tower 2 Tripoli, Libya P.O.Box 2542 Phone: +218 (21) 3360054 Website: www.lfb.ly |
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Mediterranean Bank Mediterranean Bank is a licensed commercial bank headquartered in Benghazi and supervised by the Central Bank of Libya. It was among the nine banks the Central Bank recorded as having met its minimum capital requirement in the first half of 2025.Al-Wakalat Street Benghazi, Libya Tel: +218-61-9082161, +218-61-9082163, +218-61-2238933 Fax: +218-61-2238932 Mediterranean Bank (Tripoli Branch) Al Jalaa Street (Abu Setta) Tripoli, Libya P.O.Box: 9830 Phone: +218 (21) 3408659 |
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National Banking Corporation The National Banking Corporation does not appear on the Central Bank of Libya’s directory of licensed commercial banks, checked in September 2026, and its present status could not be established. That directory covers commercial banks only.Tripoli, Libya Tel: +218-21-3350038, 3350039 |
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National Commercial Bank National Commercial Bank provides commercial banking solutions in Libya. The bank was founded in 1970 and is based in AlBayda, Libya.Orouba Street AlBayda, Libya Phone: +218 021 3612429 National Commercial Bank (Tripoli Branch) 1st Sebtembser Street Tripoli, Libya Tel: +218 (21) 3337191 Website: www.ncb.ly |
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Sahara Bank Sahara Bank was created in 1964 and recognized as the second largest public bank in Libya. Sahara Bank became the first financial institution in Libya in 2007 to enter into a strategic partnership. With a network of 48 branches covering all the main regions in the country and more than 1 500 experienced staff, Sahara Bank is one of the leading banks in Libya that has developed a large portfolio in both Corporate and Retail Banking. It has branches in Tripoli, Benghazi, Azawiyah, Al Jmaiel, Al khamees, Al Bida, Zuwarah, Al Khumes, Sabha, Brack, Al Amamrah village, Sert, Misratah, Zliten, Mesalath city, Misratah, Al Urrban village, Mrahda, Jerds Alahrar, Surman and Al Derseia. BNP Paribas acquired a 19 percent stake in Sahara Bank in August 2007 under the sector’s partial privatisation programme. The Central Bank of Libya counts Sahara Bank among the country’s four major banks, and the bank completed its conversion from conventional to Islamic banking on 8 January 2024.10 First of September Street Tripoli, Libya P.O.Box 720 Tel: +218 (21) 4443061 Website: www.saharabank.ly |
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Savings and Real Estate Investment Bank The Savings and Real Estate Investment Bank (Masraf al-Iddikhar wa al-Istithmar al-Aqari), listed on this page also as Eddekhar Bank, is a Libyan joint-stock specialised bank established under Law No. 2 of 1981 to encourage saving and to finance housing. It was founded with capital of 77 million Libyan dinars, since raised to 1,123,200,000 Libyan dinars.Al Sreem Street - Abu Miliana Street - Al Masera Al Kobra Street Tripoli, Libya P.O.Box 2289 Tel: +218-21-3330434, +218-21-3330561 Website: www.eddekharbank.ly |
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Umma Bank Former head office: Omar Almokhtar Street (Al Shohadaa Square) Tripoli, Libya. |
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Wahda Bank Wahda bank is a Libyan share holding company, established in 1970. Wahda bank provides all sorts of banking products and services through 76 branches throughout the country.Head Office Gamal Abdalnasser Street Al Fadiel Abu Omar Square Al Berka Benghazi, Libya P.O.Box 452 Benghazi Tel: +218 61 2224256 Fax: +218 61 2224122 Swift: WAHBLYLXXXX |
The following banks appear on the Central Bank of Libya’s directory of licensed commercial banks, footer dated 3 September 2026, but are not listed above. Addresses and telephone numbers are as published by the Central Bank. Website lines are omitted where the address the Central Bank publishes did not respond when checked on 4 September 2026.
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Al Seraj Islamic Bank Andalus Street, Al-FuwaihatBenghazi, Libya Phone: +218-91-2502709 Website: sib.com.ly |
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Alwaha Bank Alwaha Bank was among the nine banks the Central Bank of Libya recorded as having met its minimum capital requirement in the first half of 2025.Souq Jumaa Tripoli, Libya Phone: +218-21-3513490 Fax: +218-21-3513491 |
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Andalus Bank Palestine Square (Al-Sareem Street)Tripoli, Libya Phone: +218-21-4445024, +218-21-4445023 Fax: +218-21-3351269 Website: www.andalusbank.com |
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Assaray Trade and Investment Bank Gurji RoadTripoli, Libya Phone: +218-21-3660780 Fax: +218-21-4782793 Website: www.atib.ly |
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Daman Islamic Bank Alhadaek StreetBenghazi, Libya Phone: +218-91-8765555 Website: dib.ly |
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First Gulf Libyan Bank First Gulf Libyan Bank was among the nine banks the Central Bank of Libya recorded as having met its minimum capital requirement in the first half of 2025.7th November Street Tripoli, Libya Phone: +218-21-3622262 Fax: +218-21-3622263 |
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Imaar Bank Al-Fuwayhat, Second Ring Road, Al-Zaytoun DistrictBenghazi, Libya Phone: +218-91-2957777 |
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Islamic Finance Bank Garyounis, Lebanon DistrictBenghazi, Libya Phone: +218-92-0818181 |
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Libyan Islamic Bank Abu MilianaTripoli, Libya Phone: +218-21-4440035 Fax: +218-21-4440075 |
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National Union Bank Al-Safsaf Street, Sidi HusseinBenghazi, Libya Phone: +218-91-0756655 Website: nubank.ly |
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North Africa Bank North Africa Bank was among the nine banks the Central Bank of Libya recorded as having met its minimum capital requirement in the first half of 2025.Dhahra Tripoli, Libya Phone: +218-21-4444870, +218-90-2524510 Fax: +218-21-4444524 Website: nab.ly |
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Nuran Bank Abu MilianaTripoli, Libya Phone: +218-21-3351460 Fax: +218-21-3362499 Website: www.nub.ly |
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Tadhamon Bank Bin AshourTripoli, Libya Phone: +218-21-3620292 Website: www.tab.ly |
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United Bank for Commerce & Investment Gamhouria Street, MansouraTripoli, Libya Phone: +218-21-3661111 Fax: +218-21-3345601 Website: www.ubci-libya.com |
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Yaqeen Bank Shat RoadTripoli, Libya Phone: +218-21-3623501 Fax: +218-21-3623510 Website: www.yaqeenbank.ly |
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