Coris Bank, also known by the acronym CBI (for Coris Bank International), is a banking group in Africa with head office in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. By 2024, it had the largest branch network in Burkina Faso.[1] It has been described as one of a new cohort of multinational banking groups in Africa, together with Vista Bank.[2]
Overview
Coris Bank was founded in January 2008 in Ouagadougou.[3] As of 2016, 70 percent of its equity was held by Coris Holdings,[4] an entity established in 2013[5] in Burkina Faso and controlled by financier Idrissa Nassa.[6]