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CBE launches InstaPay towards fulfilling its fin. inclusion ambitions
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has launched a national digital payment app, InstaPay, which provides instant and secure payments between Egyptian banks, Meeza cards, and mobile wallets via its new…
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EFG Hermes’ revenues surpass EGP 6bn in 2021 for 1st time
Egyptian Financial Group Hermes Holding (EFG Hermes) reported a year-on-year (YoY) surge of 12% in revenues to EGP 6.1 billion in 2021, exceeding the EGP 6 billion mark for the first time.
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Egypt’s budget deficit seen at EGP 368 bln in 8 months
Egypt's budget deficit hit EGP 368 billion from July 2021 to February 2022, compared to EGP 320 billion during the same period a year earlier, the Finance Ministry said in a report Thursday.
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Egypt’s valU aims for opening a new market in Saudi Arabia
EFG Hermes’ consumer finance platform valU will set foot in Saudi Arabia before the end of 1H2022, marking its first cross-border expansion, EFG Hermes Finance CEO Walid Hassouna told Bloomberg…
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Abu Dhabi’s sovereign fund to buy stakes in CIB, Fawry, other Egyptian bourse-listed firms
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADQ agreed with Egyptian authorities to invest around $2 billion by buying state-held stakes in some companies, including the country’s largest listed bank CIB, a…
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Egypt, IMF confirm talks over new program
Egypt has officially requested support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to implement a comprehensive economic program, the fund said on Wednesday.
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Orascom Construction has $6.1bn-worth of projects underway
Orascom Construction achieved an increase in the value of projects under implementation by 12% to reach $6.1bn.
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Egypt Post, Bahrain’s Beyon Connect launch joint venture
The Egyptian National Postal Organisation and Bahrain-based Beyon Connect, a subsidiary of Batelco, reached an agreement to establish a new joint venture to deploy digital postbox solutions.
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Egypt’s pound depreciation to grab foreign capital inflows: Goldman Sachs
Egypt’s move to depreciate its pound will arrest foreign-capital outflows and boost the nation’s chances of winning the next International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan, according to Goldman Sachs Group…
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Egypt launches EGP 1bn Catalyst Capital fund to support SMEs
Catalyst Partners has launched an impact investment fund “Catalyst Capital Egypt” with a capital of EGP 1 billion.
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