A ranar 15 ga Fabrairu, 1906, Sarki Menelik II ya kaddamar da Bankin Abisiniya na farko, wanda ya kasance farkon banki a Habasha. Bankin mai zaman kansa ne wanda aka sayar da hannayen 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 gwamnati, ya karbi cikakken kulawar banki, kuma ya sanar da ci gaba da ayyukan banki. Babban bankin Habasha ya daina aiki a Addis Ababa, New York, Paris, London, da Vienna.
Shekara ta 1906