private industry financial services founded 2013 headquarters kigali rwanda key people arah sadava managing director products loans checking savings investments debit cards total assets us 5.54 million rwf 3.683 billion 2013 website homepage ab bank rwanda abbr is a microfinance bank in rwanda . the bank is one of the licensed banks in the republic of rwanda . 1 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 ownership 4 branch network 5 see also 6 references 7 external links overview edit abbr is a rwandan microfinance bank wholly owned by international institutions that was established in 2013 . it is affiliated with and is subsidiary of accessholding a commercial microfinance investment and holding company based in germany with subsidiaries in azerbaijan madagascar tanzania nigeria liberia tajikistan zambia and rwanda . 2 history edit the bank was granted a banking license by the national bank of rwanda the national banking regulator in 2013 and commenced commercial banking services in the same year . by june 2014 ab bank rwanda maintained over 4 000 deposit accounts and more than 1 300 loan accounts . the loan book exceeded rwf 1 billion us 1.5 million . 3 ownership edit the stock of the bank is privately owned by institutional investors . as of december 2013 update the shareholding in the bank is as depicted in the table below 4 ab bank rwanda stock ownership rank name of owner percentage ownership 1 accessholding 50.5 2 german development bank kfw 16.5 3 international finance corporation ifc 5 16.5 4 netherlands development finance company fmo 6 16.5 total 100.00 branch network edit as of june 2014 the bank maintains two branches in kigali rwanda s capital and the largest city in that county . nyamirambo branch nyamirambo kigali nyarugenge branch nyarugenge kigali main branch gisozi branch gasabo kigali kimironko branch kimironko kigali see also edit list of banks in rwanda economy of rwanda references edit nbr . 2014 . list of licensed banks in rwanda . national bank of rwanda nbr . retrieved 3 august 2014 . amfhag . overview of access microfinance holding ag accessholding . accessholding amfhag . retrieved 3 august 2014 . gasore ben 13 june 2014 . ab bank rwanda loan book hits rwf 1 billion . the new times rwanda . retrieved 3 august 2014 . abbr . 2013 . ab bank rwanda shareholders . ab bank rwanda abbr . retrieved 3 august 2014 . leadership nigeria . 8 april 2014 . rwanda ifc access bank rwanda sign 300 000 pact to support rural smes . microfinancenigeria.com . retrieved 3 august 2014 . fmo . 15 july 2013 . fmo takes equity stake in rwandan bank ab bank rwanda . avca africa.org . external links edit website of ab bank rwanda website of rwanda national bank v t e economy of rwanda currency rwandan franc national bank of rwanda communications banking communications history of trade transportation industries agriculture tourism mining retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ab bank rwanda & oldid 722251475 categories banks of rwandacompanies of rwandabanks established in 2013companies established in 2013economy of rwanda2013 establishments in rwandahidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from december 2013all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 may 2016 at 21 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view