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, Supreme Council for Media Regulation sign protocol on digital platforms
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) and the Supreme Council for Media Regulation signed a cooperation…
Egypt’s FRA issues second edition of real estate valuation standards
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued on Saturday the second edition of the Egyptian Real Estate…
Egypt’s FRA forms committee for insurance pools
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has formed a committee to prepare a unified model for the bylaws of…
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…
Net assets of Egypt’s investment funds rise 14.7% in 3 months – FRA
Net assets of Egypt's investment funds rose 14.7 per cent to 470.9 billion Egyptian pounds by the end of June from…
Egypt’s FRA denies rumours of non-banking finance branch closures
Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) denied reports circulating on social media claiming it had ordered the…
Egypt launches training programme to prepare state-owned firms for public offerings
Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has launched the country's first national training programme to…
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 expands expatriate insurance scheme with unfair dismissal cover from 1…
Egypt will expand its voluntary insurance scheme for citizens living abroad from 1 Aug. by adding coverage for…
Egypt’s gold, silver fund assets rise to EGP 9.35 bln in June – FRA
Egypt's gold and silver investment funds rose to 9.35 billion Egyptian pounds in net assets at the end of June,…
Egypt’s bourse daily trading tops EGP 12 bln, chairman says
Egypt's stock exchange recorded an average daily trading value of more than 12 billion Egyptian pounds over the…
Egypt’s FRA launches violators list for non banking financial activities
Egypt’s Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (FRA) introduced on Friday a new system classifying companies and…
Egypt investment fund assets jump to EGP 410.6 bln in Q1 – FRA
Net assets of Egypt’s investment funds rose to around 410.6 billion Egyptian pounds in the first quarter of 2026,…
Egypt appoints FRA chairman Islam Azzam to GAFI board
Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly has appointed Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) Chairman Islam Azzam…
Egypt’s market regulator witnesses training deals to boost sector skills
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) said on Wednesday it witnessed the signing of a series of cooperation…
Egypt wins key IOSCO role as FRA Chief secures GEMC chairmanship
Egypt, represented by Islam Azzam, Chairman of the Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), won the chairmanship of…
Egypt cancels notarisation requirement for free zone leasing contracts to cut costs
Egypt’s Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade announced on Monday that companies operating in free zones will no…
Egypt taps Islam Azzam to lead Financial Regulatory Authority
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has appointed Islam Azzam as acting chairman of the Financial Regulatory…
Egypt’s FRA approves securities lending rules to boost market liquidity
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued Monday new rules allowing the borrowing of securities for…
Egypt’s bourse approves listing of Misr Life Insurance shares for first time since…
The Egyptian Exchange’s (EGX) Listing Committee approved the temporary listing of Misr Life Insurance Company…
Egypt’s FRA approves licensing of 6 financial companies
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) approved on Wednesday the incorporation and licensing of six companies…
Egypt’s FRA regulates microinsurance to expand coverage for low-income groups
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA), headed by Dr. Mohamed Farid, issued comprehensive rules governing…
Egypt’s FRA grants first licence for futures trading on local securities
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) on Sunday granted the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) its first licence to…
Egypt’s FRA reports nearly EGP 1 trillion in financing in first 9 months
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) reported that total financing granted by entities under its…
Egypt’s FRA Chief chairs IOSCO GEMC meetings in Malta, highlights market reforms, ESG…
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) Chairman Mohamed Farid chaired the Global Emerging Markets Committee…
Egypt’s FRA Sandbox signs 3 tech partnerships to boost cybersecurity, innovation
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) Sandbox signed three strategic cooperation protocols on the sidelines…
Egypt’s FRA unveils first-ever framework for life insurers to tap gold investments
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has on Wednesday for the first time allowed life insurance companies…
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 updates auditing standards, in effect Jan 2027
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly has issued on Sunday a decree approving a new framework of national…
Egypt, Lebanon sign 15 deals covering trade, transport, social development
Egypt and Lebanon signed 15 memoranda of understanding and cooperation protocols on Sunday across a broad range of…
Egypt’s FRA issues first governance rules for insurers, reinsurers to boost transparency
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has issued the country’s first binding corporate governance rules for…
Egypt’s gold investment funds surge 276% by Sept-end: EGX chief
Egyptian Exchange (EGX) Chairman Islam Azzam said on Thursday that Egypt’s gold investment funds grew sharply since…
Egypt’s non-bank financing hits EGP 851.4b in first eight months of 2025 – FRA
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) said on Tuesday that total financing provided by entities under its…
Egypt’s FRA blacklists firms, social media pages over illegal financial activity
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has added three companies and 36 social media pages to its negative…
Egypt’s FRA urges wider insurance coverage to boost stability
STM Investment and Misr Insurance signed on Sunday a cooperation protocol, witnessed by Egypt’s Financial…
Egypt’s FRA raises compensation for Matrouh train accident victims
Egypt's Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has directed the Railway, Metro, and Highways Accidents Insurance Pool…