Banking

The latest banking stories from Egypt and across the globe, by the Daily News Egypt banking team, including global insight and commentary on the top issues concerning this sector.
Latest Banking News

CBE’s decision to raise interest rate continues to stir controversy

The decision was great and emphasised the bank’s determination to activate its…

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Barclays Egypt’s loan portfolio increases by EGP 1.7bn in Q1 2017

The bank's net profit after taxes reached EGP 258m at the end…

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NBE to own 27.3% loan volume, 27.2% deposit volume of Egyptian market by end of December 2016

Financial position increased by EGP 409.7bn during the first half of fiscal…

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United Bank provides EGP 200m to finance small and micro enterprises: chairperson

Bank launched Intlaka programme​ for financing small and micro enterprises in increasing…

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Increase of HDB loan portfolio to EGP 10bn in late March 2017: chairperson

The bank is still awaiting the CBE's approval to separate real estate…

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CBE holds hope on Banque du Caire to support microenterprises: Amer

The bank injected 1.5 million loans to project owners until the end…

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Banks obliged to separate microfinance from retail loans

Trial project between civil associations and banks to benefit from digital services…

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CBE calls on banks to introduce credit-rating system to evaluate micro-financing institutions

We have been studying ways to strengthen this sector, which is one…

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1.8m people benefited from microfinance loans until the end of 2016: Samy

Volume of funding provided by these bodies increased to EGP 4.5bn, trade…

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