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Dashen Bank was founded by eleven visionary shareholders and veteran bankers with initial capital of Birr 14.9 million in September 1995. Upon securing license from the National Bank of Ethiopia, Dashen opened its doors for service on the 1st of January 1996 with eleven fully-fledged branches.

Dashen Bank coined its name from the highest peak in Ethiopia, mount Dashen, and aspires to be ‘’Best in class Bank in Africa’’. The Bank aimed to be among the leading banks in Africa and it will extend its reach across Africa both for competitive benchmarking and business.

Ras Dashen is Part of the Simien Mountains National Park, an exotic setting with unique wildlife and breath-taking views on a landscape shaped by nature and traditional agriculture. The Simien Mountains is home to endemic wild life including the Walia Ibex, Simien Fox or Ethiopian Wolf and the Gelada Baboon. Dashen aspires to set new heights in banking services through the delivery of unique value propositions second to none.

Headquartered in Addis Ababa, the Bank is among the biggest private Banks in Ethiopia. Dashen is the most reputable brand in the domestic banking market; a reputation earned Ethiopia. It operates through a network of more than 800 plus Branches, nine dedicated Forex Bureaus, 400 plus ATMs and 1,300 plus Point-of-Sale (POS) terminals spread across the length and breadth of the nation. Wherever business takes customers around the world, Dashen Bank is already there.

The Bank also works in partnership with leading brands in the electronic payments industry (AMEX, VISA, MasterCard &UnionPay) and prominent money transfer

operators (Western Union, MoneyGram, Express Money, Dahabshiil, EzRemit, Kahh, Transfast, and Ria, World Remit).

Dashen Bank is the first bank in Ethiopia to provide a full-fledged payment card service as a principal plus member of AMEX, VISA, MasterCard and Union Pay (as the first African Bank to sign such agreement).

The Bank issues AMEX branded debit cards that give clients the added convenience of round-the-clock banking through Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and conduct purchases at a growing number of merchant locations via point of sale terminals (POS). Dashen is exclusively acquires and issues American Express cards in Ethiopia.

Dashen provides Salary Card for staff of institutions who opt to relieve themselves of the hassle related to handling salary payment.

The Bank also provides SharikCard to all Sharik account holder to operate accounts 24/7 on ATM and merchant POS and An-NissaCard to all women’s having An-nissa account to operate accounts 24/7 on ATM and merchant POS.

It is Dashen Banks’ Omni channel banking service which offers digital payment capability and access to aggregated digital products and services from Retailers, the Entertainment Industry, Airtime Dealers, Bill Payment Points, Airlines, Social Media Players and third-party service providers.

The service is available on both smart phones and ordinary mobile sets using USSD. The USSD gateway for Dashen Bank’s mobile money services is *996#

Dashen Bank customers can transact at their convenience, easily, safely and affordably, regardless of where they are – at any-time using Amole digital platform, without necessarily being physically present at the transaction point, all done without leaving the comfort of their homes, office or moments of relaxation. Customers can access Dashen Bank’s services and make payments on the go.Amole services include:

  • Fund transfer
  • Transfer within own account
  • Transfer within Dashen Bank account
  • Transfer to other Bank
  • Transfer to mobile (registered & unregistered)
    • Mobile payment
    • Bill payment
    • DSTV subscription payment
  • School fee payment
  • Air time top up
  • Digital content sales payment (concert tickets, Ethiopian great run ticket payments & many more)
  • Utility payment
  • Air ticket purchase
  • Merchant payment
  • Remittance (Direct Remittance to mobile wallet)
    • Balance enquiry
    • Transaction history/statement
    • Transaction alerts/SMS messages
    • Salary payment

The application ‘’Amole’’ can be downloaded from Google Play or the App Store. The customer can also user internet banking using the link:https://ib.myamole.com/bwinternet

Recently the Bank introduced an Amole branded gift cards to be used at selected merchant locations; Queens Supermarket and Home Depot gift card, Lime Tress Restaurant Gift Card.

Dashen Bank also introduced an international ecommerce gateway, which is the first of its kind in Ethiopia which supports three International cards i.e. AMEX, VISA and MasterCard.

The international payment gateway enables businesses in Ethiopian to easily accept payments from across the world either through their website or App. The introduction of the gateway also helps business in Ethiopia to open sell their products and services beyond the local market.

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