As part of the bank’s 75^th anniversary celebration, CBE held panel discussion at Zagwe Hall on Thursday, June 21, 2018.
Researchers from Wolayta Sodo, Mekelle, Civil Service universities as well as Mekelle Institute of Technology presented papers dealing with the financial sector of Ethiopia.

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia has named two of its branches after former CBE presidents. Accordingly, a new branch situated around Ayer Tena was named after Alemu Abera, President of the bank from 1980 – 1992. Similarly, the newly opened branch around Tewdros Square was also named after Tilahun Abay, president of the bank from 1992 – 2002.

The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia has reviewed its nine months performance for the fiscal year 2017/18 at Bahir Dar. The bank has mobilized 71.5 billion birr and disbursed 63.7 billion birr fresh loan during the stated period. To provide access to customers, the bank also opened 40 new branches in various parts of the country. Following the opening of the new branches and the implementation of other initiatives as stipulated in the bank’s deposit mobilization strategy, more than 2.1 million customers were recruited during the past 9 months.