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

Banks to inject EGP 117bn into MSMEs until 2022 end: CBE

Banks in Egypt required to increase financing to MSMEs to 25% of…

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Suez Canal Bank’s PBT exceeds EGP 1bn in 2020

Bank pumps EGP 1.4bn into CBE's industry support initiative

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Agricultural Bank partners with Kafr El-Sheikh to support youth projects

Governorate is cooperating with ABE to set up projects in agriculture, fish,…

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Bank NPLs ratio in Egypt declines to 3.4% in September 2020: CBE

Banks set aside allocations to counter doubtful debts amounting to EGP 152.999bn

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CBE-hosted FinTech Innovation sprint launched to address COVID-19 challenges

Innovation sprint in line with Egypt’s FinTech strategy, promotes entrepreneurs and startup…

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National Bank of Kuwait – Egypt to increase issued, paid-up capital to EGP 5bn

Bank will also increase authorised capital from EGP 2.5bn to EGP 10bn

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Al-Sharif Group, NBE sign EGP 978.2m financing contract for Shepherd Hotel renovation

Renovation and upgrade of Cairo’s renowned hotel is expected to take 42…

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CBE amends provisions of tourism initiative guaranteed by Finance Ministry

New amendment stipulates that initiative would end after exhausting amount allocated or…

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saib Bank sees net profits grow 84% to $20.4m in 2020

Increase in profits was driven by high net income from return, net…

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Central Bank of Egypt reveals market performance indicators in September 2020

Customer deposits break EGP 5trn mark for first time in local market

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