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Commercial Banks COMMERCIAL BANKS AGRIBANK MBCA BANK LTD P. O. Box 369 P. O. Box 3200 Harare Harare Tel: +263 4 774400-19; 773704 Tel: +263 4 701636-52; 799291; 732227 Fax: +263 4 777556 Fax: +263 4 708005; 739084 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.agribank.co.zw Website: www.mbca.co.zw BANCABC NMB BANK LTD P. O. Box 2786 P. O. Box 2567 Harare Harare Tel: +263 4 369260-69; 369701-9 Tel: +263 4 759601-6; 759651-9 Fax: +263 4 369932 Fax: + 263 4 759648; 798850 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.bancabc.co.zw Website: www.nmbz.co.zw BARCLAYS BANK OF ZIMBABWE LTD POSB P. O. Box 790 P. O. Box CY1628, Causeway Harare Harare Tel: +263 4 758314/9 Tel: +263 4 793831-9; 729701 Fax: +263 4 750972 Fax: +263 4 708537 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: zw.barclays.com Website: www.posb.co.zw CABS STANBIC BANK ZIMBABWE LTD P. O. Box 2798 P. O. Box 300 Harare Harare Tel: +263 4 883823–59 Tel: +263 4 757627; 701287; 701270 Fax: +263 4 883804 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stanbicbank.co.zw Website: www.cabs.co.zw CBZ BANK STANDARD CHARTERED BANK P. O. Box 3313 ZIMBABWE LTD Harare P. O. Box 373 Tel: +263 4 748050-79; 795101-16 Harare Fax: +263 4 758077 Tel: +263 4 752852-8; 253801-8 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +263 4 752609 Website: www.cbzbank.co.zw E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.sc.com/zw ECOBANK ZIMBABWE STEWARD BANK P. O. Box BW1464 P. O. Box 5220 Harare Harare Tel: +263 4 851642/9; 852252/69 Tel: +263 4 791448; 791450/8 Fax: +263 4 851630/9 Fax: +263 4 791460 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stewardbank.co.zw FBC BANK ZB BANK P. O. Box 1227 P. O. Box 3198 Harare Harare Tel: +263 4 783203-8; 783211; 797759 Tel: +263 4 757471-94; 759660-5 Fax: +263 4 701693 Fax: +263 4 757497 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.fbc.co.zw Website: www.zb.co.zw 1 CENTRAL BANK DEVELOPMENT BANK Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe P. O. Box 1283 P.O. Box 1720 Harare Harare Tel: +263 4 703000; 703096 Tel: +263 4 750171-8 Fax: +263 4 707800 Fax: +263 4 749012 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.rbz.co.zw Website: www.idbz.co.zw INTERNATIONAL FINANCE INSTITUTIONS African Development Bank World Bank 5th Floor, Joina City P.O. Box 2960 Cnr. Jason Moyo Ave/Julius Nyerere Way Harare Harare Tel: +263 4 701233/4 Tel: + 263 4 752838; 752917; 758877; 750399 Fax: + 263 4 705935 Fax: + 263 4 779398 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: Website: www.afdb.org http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/zimbabwe African Export-Import Bank International Monetary Fund P.O. Box 1600 12th Floor ZB Life Towers Harare Cnr. J. Moyo /S. Nujoma Street Tel: +263 4 700904/41 Harare Fax: +263 4 729756 Tel: +263 4 25251 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: +263 4 251254 Website: www.afreximbank.com E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.imf.org PTA Bank 70 Enterprise Road Newlands Harare Tel: +263 4 788331-3; 788336-9; 788345 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ptabank.org 2 .
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