Financial enablers and gatekeepers · bank (military-owned) · Sudan
Omdurman National Bank (ONB)
Part of the SAF or state-controlled
AGrade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
19 documented ties · 1 step from the SAF
Also recorded as: بنك أم درمان الوطني; ONB; Bank Omdurman Al-Watani; Omdurman National Bank - new correspondent relationships (2026)
C4ADS: 'gives the Sudanese military access to international finance and facilitates its ability to transfer funds without oversight'.
Their response
n/a
Records
6
Each record carries its own grade. A grade describes the source for that record, not the actor.
AGrade A: Official record
Omdurman National Bank: government e-collection contract and gold-sector finance (2026)
2026-03 to 2026-04
The Ministry of Finance page reported on 31 Mar 2026 the signing of an annex to the 'Esali' electronic revenue-collection contract with Omdurman National Bank 'to expand electronic collection services'. SMRC's page reported talks with the bank on 21 Apr 2026 on 'financing companies and miners' and 'activating gold export operations', the director-general praising 'the close and long-standing cooperation with Omdurman National Bank'.
Why this grade
Grade A is for the fact that the page announced this. The page was identified as official by its name and content; no verification badge was detected.
Sanctions
Not designated.
›Research notes
Source alignment: official SAF-side channel. Grade applies to the fact that the announcement was made, not to its content. The finance ministry page carries a verification badge. The bank's own verified page confirms the SMRC partnership (22 Apr 2026); see the separate record of its support to the Central Reserve Forces and the Medical Corps.
The bank's own record of support to the Central Reserve Forces and the army's Medical Corps (2026)
2026-02 to 2026-05
On its verified page the bank reports: (1) 16 Apr 2026 - it 'opens a banking window at the headquarters of the Central Reserve Forces' at Kalakla; the force's commander spoke of 'the depth of the relationship' with the bank, and an assistant general manager cited the board's interest in 'the police sector in general and the Central Reserve Forces in particular' and readiness 'to provide the financing needed for the projects of the forces and their personnel'. (2) 25 May 2026 - its Kalakla branch 'financed and delivered 1,100 sacrificial animals to members of the Central Reserve Forces', handed over in the presence of the force's commander; the post ends 'may God protect Sudan and its people and give victory to its soldiers'. (3) 30 Mar 2026 - it delivered medical mattresses to the armed forces' General Directorate of Medical Services (Medical Corps) 'in appreciation of the heroic role of the Medical Corps in the Battle of Dignity'; the directorate's head praised the bank's 'support for the institutions of the armed forces' and projects it had carried out for the directorate's hospitals. (4) 25 Feb 2026 - the general manager and the police director-general spoke of a 'strategic partnership' to finance 'police projects'.
Why this grade
Grade A is for the fact that the page announced this. The page was identified as official by its name and content; no verification badge was detected.
Response
These are the bank's own statements.
Sanctions
ONB not designated. Central Reserve Forces: US (2022, as recorded in the dossier).
›Research notes
Verified page of the bank announcing its own acts: grade A for the announcements. These are welfare and medical items and banking services, not weapons or cash for operations; values are not stated. The Central Reserve Forces are under US sanctions (2022) and are described by the UN Fact-Finding Mission as effectively controlled by the General Intelligence Service (see that record). The bank has a branch named 'General Command'.
2025 results and reopening in Khartoum, from the bank's own page
2025-08 to 2026-07
The bank's 30th ordinary general assembly approved accounts for 2025 showing 'profits of 34.7 billion pounds', growth of 13% and capital adequacy of 14% (8 Jul 2026). On 14 Aug 2025, 'coinciding with the 71st Army Day', it reopened Khartoum branches, including the 'General Command' branch, at a ceremony attended by Sovereignty Council member and assistant commander-in-chief Ibrahim Jabir, the interior minister and 'leaders of the armed forces, police and General Intelligence'. Page also records a 'strategic partnership' with MTN Sudan on electronic payment (3 May 2026) and its account of the April 2026 partnership with the Mineral Resources Company on mining finance.
Why this grade
Grade A is for the fact that the page announced this. The page was identified as official by its name and content; no verification badge was detected.
Response
Bank's own statements.
Sanctions
Not designated.
›Research notes
Verified page. Partly fills the gap on post-2019 results: the page gives headline figures for 2025 only; no annual report or shareholder list was posted in the period read (5 May 2025 - 2 Oct 2026, about 750 posts). No post on correspondent banks was found in that period.
Sudan's largest bank by 2019 market value. C4ADS: 'at least 86.9% owned by the SAF' via layered front companies, giving 'the Sudanese military access to international finance'; donated SDG 20m (~US$440,000) to the SAF on 3 March 2021. STPT: 'SAF-owned' ONB took a board seat in the strategic-commodities fund and later tried, and failed, to set up a parallel import fund.
Response
No response located in the sources reviewed.
Sanctions
None found in OFAC SDN / EU / UK lists checked 2026-10-03
Omdurman National Bank - new correspondent relationships (2026)
2026-02
General manager Abdel Moneim Mohamed al-Tayeb said in February 2026 that the bank 'has initiated procedures to establish three correspondent banking relationships in a single country' and expected more within two months. The country and banks were not named.
Response
n/a
Sanctions
ONB not listed by OFAC, EU or UK (first pass).
›Research notes
Adds to the Bank Nizwa (Oman) memorandum found in the first pass. The correspondent banks should be identified before publication.
3 more records below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
1 more record at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.
Checked against the document
1
Statements compared with the wording of the primary document.
“Sudan’s largest bank, Omdurman National Bank, is at least 86.9% owned by the SAF, hidden by several layers of corporate ownership. [...] held 73.5% of ONB shares as of the most recent annual report, issued on December 31, 2019. When combined with shares owned by subsidiaries of the MIC, military-affiliated companies owned 85.8% of ONB shares in 2019. [...] military-affiliated organizations may control as much as 99.24% of ONB shares per the most recent available data.”
4 more relationships below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
2 more relationships at grade C (single source) or D (unverified lead). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.
Dated events
2
Omdurman National Bank opens a banking window at the Central Reserve Forces' headquarters at Kalakla. facebook.com↗
AGrade A: Official record
Omdurman National Bank finances and delivers 1,100 sacrificial animals to Central Reserve Forces personnel. facebook.com↗
AGrade A: Official record
Geography
Tags come from the recorded jurisdiction and from place names in the records. Coordinates on the map are approximate.
Based in
Sudan
Also named
Oman (1)
Places
Khartoum, Omdurman
Position in the network
Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.
Still connected to the SAF when only official records are counted. Ranks 3 in the file for how often it sits on the shortest documented chain between two others.
No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary; cited in the same source (via Sudanese Mineral Resources Company (SMRC), Special Fund for the Social Security of the Armed Forces (SFSSAF), Defense Industries System (DIS)).
No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary (via General Intelligence Service (GIS) and Central Reserve Forces, Central Bank of Sudan, Defense Industries System (DIS)).
No direct tie is documented. Basis: shared intermediary; named in the other actor's record (via Special Fund for the Social Security of the Armed Forces (SFSSAF)).