Banque Internationale du Bénin


The Banque Internationale du Bénin was a bank of Benin and a member of the West African Bankers' Association.
It had its headquarters at Carrefour des 3 Banques in Cotonou and branches in Porto-Novo and Parakou. Nigerian banks dominated its ownership structure, with the First Bank of Nigeria Plc. having a 13.6% share, the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc., Nigerian Economic Operatives, Nigerian Bureau of Public Enterprises, and then the First Interstate Merchant Bank Ltd. and finally the Beninese Economic Operatives with 8.2%.
In 2020, the BIBE was merged with Banque Africaine pour l'Industrie et le Commerce to form a new entity under government ownership, the Banque Internationale pour l'Industrie et le Commerce.