People's Bank of Zanzibar limited to the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. In April 2011, the bank opened a branch in Dar es Salaam on the mainland. As of May 2012, it planned new branches in Mwanza, Arusha, Mtwara, and Mbeya. In December 2011, the bank launched an Islamic bank window, in addition to the conventional banking services that it offers. PBZ is wholly owned by the government of Zanzibar. As of November 2014, The Peoples Bank of Zanzibar Limited maintains 11 branches at the following locations: People's Bank of Zanzibar The People's Bank of Zanzibar (PBZ) is a commercial bank in Tanzania. It
People's Republic of Zanzibar US citizens on the island, and a US Navy destroyer, the USS "Manley", arrived on 13 January. The "Manley" docked at Zanzibar Town harbour, but the US had not sought the Revolutionary Council's permission for the evacuation, and the ship was met by a group of armed men. Permission was eventually granted on 15 January, but the British considered this confrontation to be the cause of much subsequent ill will against the Western powers in Zanzibar. Western intelligence agencies believed that the revolution had been organised by communists supplied with weapons by the Warsaw Pact countries. This suspicion was strengthened