Experience banking differently.
From your first salary to your first export, GLB gives you the tools to manage today and build tomorrow.
Banking that fits how you live and trade.
Business Banking
Working capital, asset finance and trade services for Burundian firms — with credit decisions in under a week.
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Current and savings accounts, Agakura for children, and fixed deposits — opened in a single visit.
Explore personal ↗Borrow & Transfer
Model a loan with no credit pull, then send money worldwide via SWIFT and Western Union from 0.25%.
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The numbers, in the open.
Banking Burundi
Since 2009SME credit decision
Business loansTransfers from
From FCY accountsAgakura interest
Over BIF 100,000Branches
Across BujumburaTheir future, growing quietly.
A savings account a parent opens for a child — no minimum balance, no fees, just a birth certificate and a guardian's ID.
- Minimum to openNone
- FeesNone
- Interest6% p.a. over BIF 100,000
- Opened byParent or guardian
Built on trust, community and progress.
Seventeen years of stewardship, licensed and supervised by the Banque de la République du Burundi, with audited statements published every year.
Founded as Diamond Trust Bank Burundi.
Audited financial statements published.
Renamed Great Lakes Bank — same teams, same regulation.
Four branches in Bujumbura.
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Open an account in one visit.
Or call +257 222 59988 — Monday to Friday from 8AM, in English, French & Kirundi.