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

14 banks finance 62,000 housing units with EGP 5bn within CBE initiative: Abdel Hameed

Head of the Mortgage Finance Fund Mai Abdel Hameed said that 14…

Hossam Mounir

QNB AlAhli signs cooperation protocol with General Authority for the Suez Canal Economic Zone

We are keen to have a positive and influential role in financing…

Hossam Mounir

NBE, Banque Misr grant EGP 10bn in loans to SMEs in January

Banque Misr is considering pumping new loans worth EGP 1bn into the…

Samira Saeed

HDB raises number of branches to 71, opens in El Tor

The Housing and Development Bank (HDB) has increased the number of its…

Hossam Mounir

NBE arranged 10 syndicated loans worth EGP 50bn in 2016

NBE occupied the first position in the Egyptian market, and the third…

Hossam Mounir

NBE and e-finance contract with 14 public universities to collect students’ tuition fees electronically: Abu ElFotouh

205,000 students are using prepaid cards in order to achieve financial inclusion…

Hossam Mounir

NBE, Banque Misr, CIB offer EGP 1.148bn worth of securitisation bonds for Corplease 

The National Bank of Egypt (NBE), Banque Misr, and the Commercial International…

Hossam Mounir

Banque Misr financed import operations worth $2bn, post-flotation collection of US dollars surpassed $1bn 

We aim to increase MSMEs financing to EGP 25-30bn by 2019, branches…

Hossam Mounir

Reform measures taken in 2016 to positively reflect on performance of economy, banks in 2017: El-Damaty 

Payment of temporary facilities obtained by customers in foreign currency is the…

Hossam Mounir