Africa’s best transaction bank 2026: Ecobank

For organisations operating across Africa, transaction banking is ultimately about overcoming fragmentation. Treasury teams need visibility across currencies, payment systems and regulatory regimes, while maintaining efficient control over collections, liquidity and trade flows. Ecobank has built its proposition around solving that challenge through a combination of continental scale and local execution, leveraging a network that spans 34 African markets.

That model delivered strong momentum during the review period. Global transaction banking revenue increased 9%, while cash management-related fees rose 13% and payment revenues grew 14%.

More importantly, growth was accompanied by increasing client adoption of the bank’s digital treasury infrastructure.

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