forex news China January new yuan loans climb to record high in seasonal surge Noha Gad Feb 16, 2016 0 Chinese banks armed with fresh lending quotas extended a record 2.51 trillion yuan ($385.40 billion) of new loans…
Banks ECB in talks with Italy over buying bundles of bad loans Noha Gad Feb 15, 2016 0 The European Central Bank is in talks with the Italian government about buying bundles of bad loans as part of its…
Banks Egypt’s National Bank funds SMEs with $2.4bn in 2015 Noha Gad Feb 7, 2016 0 Egypt’s state bank, National Bank of Egypt (NBE) announced Saturday that it has provided 19 billion Egyptian pounds…
Banks Egypt’s Alexandria Business Association injects $12mn into micro loans in January Noha Gad Jan 31, 2016 0 Egypt's Alexandria Business Association (ABA) has pumped 95 million Egyptian pounds (US$12 million) into around…
Banks NBE ups mortgage loans to $33.6bn to serve 3,520 low-income units aya salah Jan 18, 2016 0 The National Bank of Egypt (NBE)’s mortgage loans, upon the central bank’s housing initiative, have increased to…
Egypt News Egypt eyes $15 billion finance package from China: Minister aya salah Jan 18, 2016 0 Egypt is in negotiations with the Export and Import Bank of China (EXIM) to secure a US$15 billion financing…
Egypt News Egypt to ask China for multi-billion pounds in electricity upgrade loans Amwal Al Ghad English Jan 17, 2016 0 Egypt is planning to ask for a Chinese loan worth between 7-8 billion Egyptian pounds to finance upgrades to its…
Banks Egypt: New measures to reduce consumer loans and diversify banks’ client base aya salah Jan 13, 2016 0 Egypt’s central bank (CBE) has unleashed new measures to limit retail and consumer loans and to encourage banks to…
Egypt News Saudi Arabia pledges fresh loans to Egypt to develop Sinai, purchase oil aya salah Jan 5, 2016 0 Egypt agreed with Saudi Arabia to borrow $1.5 billion to develop the Sinai Peninsula, $1.2 billion to finance oil…
Financial Institutions Alexandria Business Association injects $140mn for micro enterprises in 2015 Noha Gad Dec 31, 2015 0 Alexandria Business Association (ABA) has pumped 1.1 billion Egyptian pounds (US$140.4 million) 345,000 loans for…