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.
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CIB supports entrepreneurs in cooperation with AUC

AUC V-Lab celebrates the graduation of the first cycle of FinTech Accelerator

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EBRD lends NBD–Egypt $125m to support its capital base and stimulate growth 

Emirates NBD-Egypt and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed…

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NBE injected EGP 7.5bn to finance 9,200 SMEs in first year of CBE’s initiative to support these projects 

77% of SMEs obtained loans to expand its existing activities and 23%…

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CBE maintains same interest rate

Having increased the interest rate three times in 2016, the CBE does…

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Banks experiencing significant disposal operations of foreign currency; dollar registers lowest level since November 2016

Significant decline in Arab and foreign currencies traded in domestic market due…

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Pound continues strengthening against USD, expected to settle below EGP 17 to the dollar within days

Significant increase in hard cash supply as foreigners invest in government debt…

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The initiative contributes to providing new funding opportunities for adding deposits in banks: El-Baradei 

CBE initiative to finance low- to middle-income housing is a large starting…

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Mortgage companies participating in CBE initiative to finance low- to middle-income housing 

Mortgage finance companies operating in the domestic market started to prepare their…

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