A ranar 15 ga Fabrairu, 1906, Sarki Menelik II ya kaddamar da Bankin Abisiniya na farko, wanda ya kasance farkon bankin banki a Habasha. Bankin mai zaman kansa ne wanda aka sayar da hannun jari a Addis Ababa, New York, Paris, London, da Vienna. Bankin ya bude rassa da yawa ciki har da wadanda ke Harar (1906), Dire Dawa (1908), Gore (1912), da Dese (1920). Daya daga cikin ayyukan farko da bankin ya ba da kuɗi shi ne Railway na Franco-Ethiopian wanda ya isa Addis Ababa a 1917. Bankin ya buɗe ofishin wucewa a Djibouti a shekarar 1920. A 1931, Sarkin sarakuna Haile Selassie ya gabatar da gyare-gyare a cikin tsarin banki. Bankin Abisiniya ya rushe sabon bankin Habasha, bankin da ke mallakar gwamnati, yana karɓar kulawar gaba ɗaya, kuma ya sanar da ci gaban bankin. Babban bankin Habasha ya daina bayar da sabis na banki a Addis Ababa, New York, Paris, London, da Vienna. Bankin ya buɗe rassa da yawa ciki har da waɗanda ke Harar (1906), Dire Dawa (1908), Gore (19
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