Egypt’s microfinance reaches 1.8 million women in Q2 – FRA chief
Women accounted for 52.8 per cent of Egypt’s microfinance beneficiaries in the second quarter of 2026, with 1.8…
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Egypt’s FRA, women’s council sign deal to boost women’s financial inclusion
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) and the National Council for Women (NCW) signed a cooperation protocol…
Egypt’s regulator issues first comprehensive consumer finance rulebook
Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) issued on Saturday its first comprehensive guide to the rules…
Egypt nears launch of short selling as final preparations advance
Egypt is nearing the launch of short selling on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), with technical preparations and…
Egypt’s regulator warns of action over customer data verification breaches
Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) will take legal action against non-bank financial firms that fail to…
Egypt’s FRA approves long-awaited short-selling framework
Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) on Wednesday approved a long-awaited framework for short selling,…
Egypt’s FRA cuts fees for sustainable securities applications to 50%
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has cut the fees for reviewing applications to issue sustainable…
Egypt’s FRA to begin state IPO training on 26 July
Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) will launch a training programme next Sunday, 26 July, to help…
Egypt’s FRA launches training programme to prepare state firms for IPOs
Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) will launch an IPO readiness programme within two weeks to help…
Top Achievers Award goes to 10 Egyptian leaders at Amwal Al Ghad 2026
Ten Egyptian officials and executives were awarded the Top Achievers Award at the Amwal Al Ghad Awards Ceremony…
Egypt’s FRA requires major non-bank financial firms to disclose, offset carbon emissions
Egypt’s financial regulator has ordered large non-banking financial companies to publicly disclose their carbon…
Egypt’s FRA extends capital hike deadline for insurance brokers by 6 months
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has extended by six months the deadline for insurance and reinsurance…
Egypt plans to list more state-owned companies on stock exchange in 2026
Egypt’s government is preparing to list additional state-owned companies on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) in 2026,…
Egypt appoints Ahmed Abdel Aziz as deputy head of financial regulator
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly has appointed Ahmed Abdel Aziz as deputy chairman of the Financial…
Egypt’s FRA approves first digital platform for real estate fund investments
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has approved on Thursday the creation of the country’s first digital…
Egypt’s FRA issues first-ever rules for reinsurers to boost market oversight
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) on Monday introduced its first comprehensive regulations for…
Egypt’s FRA receives 13 real estate fund, 4 licence applications
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) said on Tuesday it had received 17 applications, including 13 to set…
Egypt boosts insurance benefits for expatriates under new deal
Egypt has signed on Sunday a cooperation protocol to expand and enhance life and disability insurance coverage for…
Amwal Al Ghad Awards 2025 name Egypt’s Top Achievers
The Amwal Al Ghad Awards 2025 honoured on Monday 13 senior officials and institutional leaders with the Top…
Egypt approves 2 Shariah-compliant sukuk issuances worth EGP 5.8b
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has on Monday greenlit two Shariah-compliant sukuk issuances worth a…
Egypt’s non-banking financial sector hits EGP 85.4b in total financing in Nov ’24…
Egypt’s non-banking financial sector saw total financing granted by entities under the Financial Regulatory…
Egypt’s insurance premiums soar 34% YoY at June-end – FRA chair
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) reported on Monday a 34 per cent year-on-year growth in total…
Egypt’s FRA raises minimum capital requirements for insurance companies
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued on Sunday a new decree to strengthen the financial solvency…
Egypt’s FRA eases rules for mortgage financing
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) announced on Wednesday new regulations allowing mortgage financing…
Egypt c.bank co-hosts APRM 9th Meeting of Experts on Credit Ratings
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is co-hosting the African Peer-Review Mechanism’s (APRM) 9th Meeting of Experts on…
Egypt’s regulators approve 2nd gold mutual fund
Beltone EvoGold Fund for gold investment Saba'ak (Alloys), the second gold fund for 2024 was approved by the…
Egypt chairs GEMC for 3rd time
Mohamed Farid, chairman of Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), has been elected to lead the Growth and…
Egypt regulator approves UAE’s National Paints Holding acquisition of Pachin
Egypt’s financial regulator FRA has approved on Sunday Dubai-based National Paints Holding’s (NPH) offer to acquire…
Euromoney to discuss opportunities Sovereign Fund of Egypt is exploring
The Euromoney Egypt Conference will its hold annual Egypt conference in Cairo on December 7.
COP27: Egypt’s stock exchange launches the first African voluntary carbon market
Egypt’s stock exchange (EGX) has launched on Wednesday during the COP27 climate summit taking place in Sharm…
UAE’s Aldar, ADQ submit offer to acquire 90% of Egypt’s SODIC
UAE’s Aldar Properties and ADQ said on Tuesday they had submitted a mandatory tender offer to Egypt's Financial…
Egypt unveils amendments to streamline listings, encourage IPOs
Egypt seems to streamline rules for large companies to list on the country’s stock exchange (EGX) as its market…
Egypt’s first actuarial life table for local insurance players to go live early July
Egypt’s first actuarial life table for life insurance will go live as early as next July, the start of the…
Egypt’s Sisi renews mandates of financial regulator, Suez Canal heads
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued on Sunday decrees renewing the mandates of the Financial Regulation…
Integrated Diagnostics Holdings receives Egyptian regulatory approval for dual listing on…
Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (IDH) announced on Sunday that it has received approval from the Egyptian Financial…
UAE’s Zeta makes formal offer to acquire 90% in Alexandria National Company for Financial…
UAE’s Zeta Investment has formally submitted a mandatory takeover offer to acquire 90 percent stake in Alexandria…
Banque Misr will not change offer price for CI Capital shares – FRA
The Egyptian Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) on Thursday denied news reports claiming that Banque Misr plans…
Egypt’s Banque Misr makes formal offer to acquire controlling stake in CI Capital
Egypt’s Banque Misr has submitted a mandatory takeover offer for a controlling stake in the share capital of CI…
Consortium offers to acquire controlling stake in El Nasr for Agricultural Crops
A consortium containing Al Raed for Agricultural Production and Real Estate Investment and New Smart for…
Raya Holding’s unit receives consumer finance licence
Raya Holding for Financial Investments announced that its subsidiary Raya Electronics received consumer finance…