Private company

Fina Bank

Logo: Nedenlinger, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Rwandan commercial bank

Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) plc, commonly referred to as GTBank Rwanda, is one of the licensed commercial banks in the Republic of Rwanda. It has been part of Nigerian Guaranty Trust Bank since 2013. As of December 2020, Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) plc had an estimated asset base of US$131.309million (RWF:132.571billion).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2004Founded1

Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda) plc, commonly referred to as GTBank Rwanda, is one of the licensed commercial banks in the Republic of Rwanda. It has been part of Nigerian Guaranty Trust Bank since 2013.2

The story

The beginnings of the bank in Rwanda can be traced to 1983, when the BACAR bank was established. It became one of the first privately owned commercial banks in the country. Sometime before 2004, BACAR was taken over by the National Bank of Rwanda, the country's central bank, because of managerial issues. In 2004, Fina Bank, at that time, a Kenyan commercial bank, acquired BACAR. In 2008, Fina Bank opened banking operations in Uganda as well, forming the Fina Bank Group.

In 2013, Guaranty Trust Bank (Kenya) ltd acquired 70 percent shareholding in the Fina Bank Group for a cash payment of US$100 million. In January 2014, the bank rebranded to reflect the new ownership structure.

From Wikipedia’s article on Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • loan

Listed on Wikidata.1

As of December 2022, GTBank Rwanda maintained branches at the following locations:

Main Branch - KN 2 Ave, 1370, MIC Building Kigali

Gisozi Branch - Gasabo, Kigali

Muhanga Branch - Muhanga, Southern Province

Read the full text

Kayonza Branch - Kayonza, Eastern Province

Ngoma Branch - Ngoma, Eastern Province

Karongi Branch - Karongi, Western Province

Kicukiro Branch - Kicukiro, Kigali

Kigali City Market Branch - Nyarugenge, Kigali

Kimironko Branch - Gasabo Kigali

Nyabugogo Branch - Nyarugenge, Kigali

Remera Branch - Gasabo, Kigali

Rubavu Branch - Rubavu, Northern Province

Musanze Branch - Musanze, Northern Province

Rusizi Branch - Rusizi, Western Province

From Wikipedia’s article on Guaranty Trust Bank (Rwanda), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 2004Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4