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title: "SBM Bank: Retail and Business Banking in Africa"
description: "Open accounts, get personal or home loans, and manage SME/corporate banking with POS acquiring in Mauritius, Kenya and Madagascar."
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published_at: "2026-08-17T05:04:58.743Z"
updated_at: "2026-10-05T05:13:35.140Z"
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# SBM Bank: Retail and Business Banking in Africa

Open accounts, get personal or home loans, and manage SME/corporate banking with POS acquiring in Mauritius, Kenya and Madagascar.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Banking](/categories/banking)
- [SBM Bank](/sbm-bank)

## Summary

Retail, private, and business banking in Mauritius and Africa

A Mauritius-based bank offering retail, private, SME, and corporate banking, plus digital banking, across Mauritius, Kenya, and Madagascar.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://banking.sbmgroup.mu/ |
| Tagline | Retail, private, and business banking in Mauritius and Africa |
| Primary country | Mauritius |
| Platforms | Web, Android, iOS |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

SBM Bank is the banking arm of Mauritius-headquartered **SBM Group**, serving individuals, private banking clients, SMEs, corporates, and institutions across **Mauritius**, **Kenya**, and **Madagascar**.

Key capabilities include:
- **Retail banking**: personal loans, home loans, auto leasing, education financing, and savings and current accounts
- **Private banking and wealth management** for high-net-worth clients
- **SME and corporate banking**: import loans, asset financing, overdrafts, project financing, merchant services, and **POS acquiring**
- **International and treasury services**: trade finance, global business and custodian services, currency trading, and fixed-income investments
- **Digital banking** through internet banking, e-commerce tools, and the **SBM Tag** mobile app, which replaced the older SBM Mobile Banking app in 2025

Available on **Web**, **Android**, and **iOS**.

SBM traces back to the government-established **State Commercial Bank**, founded in **1973** and listed on the **Stock Exchange of Mauritius** in 1995. It restructured under **SBM Holdings** as a non-operating holding company, with **SBM Bank (Mauritius) Ltd** as its main banking subsidiary. The bank expanded into **Madagascar** in 1998 as a full retail bank, into **Kenya** in 2017 (acquiring Fidelity Commercial Bank, then absorbing the bulk of Chase Bank Kenya's assets in 2018), and also runs smaller branches in **India** (Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad) focused mainly on corporate and trade banking.

In Mauritius alone, the bank reports **MUR 322.2 billion** in total assets and **MUR 279.3 billion** in deposits (December 2025), across **45 branches**, **137 ATMs**, and around **565,000 customers**.

## Features

- [Banking](/categories/banking): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [B2C](/tags/b2c): Product feature or technology
- [Commercial Bank](/tags/commercial-bank): Product feature or technology
- [Kenya](/countries/kenya): Market
- [Madagascar](/countries/madagascar): Market
- [Mauritius](/countries/mauritius): Market

## Related pages

- [Alternatives](/sbm-bank/alternatives)
- [Reviews](/sbm-bank/reviews)
- [Transparency](/sbm-bank/transparency)

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/sbm-bank)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)