Tag: banks

NBE aims to increase SMEs loan portfolio to 70bn in 4 years

The National Bank of Egypt (NBE) aims to increase the size of…

Hossam Mounir

CBE vows to ‘punish’ banks lagging behind in SME support

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) vowed to punish banks that lagged…

Hossam Mounir

Non-performing loans fall to 5.9% as of end of June: CBE

Private sector accounts for 70.6% of total loans provided by banks to…

Hossam Mounir

Government plans to borrow EGP 324.5bn in Q2 of FY 2016/2017

Launch of treasury bills tenders for EGP 300.25bn, bonds worth EGP 24.25bn…

Hossam Mounir

The banks and the sinking boats

Who among us did not suffer when hearing the news of the…

Hany Aboul Fotouh

Fawry contracts with 12 banks for e-payments via mobile phone

We began launching the service with a number of banks and will…

Hossam Mounir

Banks granted EGP 207.7bn more credit facilities over 11-month period: CBE

Industry sector accounts for 32.2% of the credit facilities; while only 1.4%…

Hossam Mounir

CBE provides 10-year interest-free loan worth EGP 31bn to 3 major banks

The loan is for supporting banks’ capital base and for adjusting the…

Hossam Mounir