Vista Bank

Vista Bank is a commercial bank in The Gambia offering personal, SME, and corporate banking, covering day-to-day accounts, savings, credit, trade finance, and money transfer services as part of the wider Vista Bank Group network across West and Central Africa.

Key capabilities include:

• Current accounts: Personal Account, Salary Account, and Foreign Currency Account, with services such as ATM access and cheque book support
• Savings accounts: multiple options including Saving Account, Minor Savings Account, Sakhanal Savings Account, Child Trust Fund Account, and Special Savings Account
• Credit and cash-flow support: short-term personal and salary loans plus overdraft facilities linked to income, for periods not exceeding one year
• Investments and transfers: Fixed Deposit Account, domestic money transfers via Vista Bank Fast Link, and SMS banking for balance enquiries, statements, FX rates, and funds transfers
• SME and corporate banking: Business Accounts, Corporate Accounts and Foreign Currency Accounts, Loans & Advances, Import & Export Finance, Trade Finance, and Public Sector banking

Available on Web, Android, and iOS (Vista Online mobile banking app).

Built for B2C and B2B customers in The Gambia, including individuals, SMEs, corporates, and public-sector organisations.

Notable as part of Vista Bank Group, founded in 2021 by Burkinabe financier Simon Tiemtoré through his holding company Vista Group Holding. Vista has expanded mainly by acquiring divested Société Générale and BNP Paribas subsidiaries, and now operates banks in The Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Mozambique, and Equatorial Guinea. In March 2026 it received approval to acquire Chad's Banque Agricole et Commerciale (to be rebranded Vista Bank Tchad), marking its planned entry into Central Africa's CEMAC zone. In June 2026, Vista secured a $142 million trade-finance facility arranged by Crown Agents Bank to expand trade finance across its markets.