Africa News Egypt’s FinMin highlights need for development funding in Africa Nada Ali Apr 27, 2025 0 Egypt’s Finance Minister, Ahmed Kouchouk, emphasised the importance of providing development funding to help…
Featured Egypt eyes stronger aviation partnerships with UK Aya El Sayed Feb 5, 2025 0 Egypt’s Minister of Civil Aviation, Sameh El Hefny, met with senior delegations from Standard Chartered Bank, the…
Featured Standard Chartered Bank gets custodian membership on EGX Yomna Yasser Dec 19, 2024 0 The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) officially approved on Thursday the registration of Standard Chartered Bank as a…
Featured Egypt’s FRA grants Standard Chartered custodian bank licence Aya Anwar Oct 27, 2024 0 Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) announced on Sunday that it had granted Standard Chartered Bank a…
Featured UAE completes $1.5b US bond sale Aya Anwar Jun 26, 2024 0 UAE successfully closed a $1.50 billion, 10-year US dollar-denominated bond maturing in July 2034.
Africa News Zambia in talks to restructure $3.3b of commercial debt Aya Anwar Apr 3, 2024 0 Zambia is in talks to restructure $3.3 billion of commercial debt, following a recent agreement with overseas…
Bitcoin Ether lags behind bitcoin despite market growth Aya El Sayed Apr 2, 2024 0 Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency, is struggling to match the performance of bitcoin, despite commanding…
Featured Sustainability Forum Middle East 2024 for Net-Zero transition Aya El Sayed Dec 31, 2023 0 The second edition of the Sustainability Forum Middle East (SFME) is ready to kick off on January 8–9 in the…
Money Standard Chartered names Mohammed Gad as Egypt CEO Yomna Yasser Nov 6, 2023 0 Standard Chartered said on Monday it had named Mohammed Gad as its chief executive officer for Egypt with immediate…
Banks Saudi Arabia’s PIF collects $5.5 billion with second green bond sale Nada Ali Feb 8, 2023 0 Saudi sovereign Public Investment Fund (PIF) has secured $5.5 billion through its second sale of green bonds in…
Egypt News UAE’S AMEA Power reaches $1.1bn financial closure to build renewable energy stations in… Nada Ali Nov 30, 2022 0 UAE’s AMEA Power and the Egyptian government have signed the financial closure agreements at $ 1.1 billion to build…
Featured Egypt-Saudi power link project to start trial operations in May 2025 – official Nada Ali Oct 20, 2022 0 Egypt-Saudi Power Interconnection project is scheduled to begin its first trial operations by May 2025, while the…
Egypt News Standard Chartered provides $566.4 million to finance Saudi-Egypt power link project Nada Ali Oct 18, 2022 0 Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) has arranged with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation a $566.4 Export Credit Agency…
Money Standard Chartered: Egypt, IMF to reach $6 billion loan deal before end of month Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 15, 2022 0 Egypt is expected to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “before the end of September”…
Money Standard Chartered exits seven businesses in Africa, Mideast to focus on Egypt, Saudi… Yomna Yasser Apr 14, 2022 0 Britain’s Standard Chartered Bank is planning to exit its operations in seven countries in Africa and the Middle…
Money Standard Chartered to open first branch in Egypt next Sept.– c.bank official Amwal Al Ghad English Jan 24, 2022 0 Britain’s Standard Chartered Bank will open its first branch in Egypt by next September at maximum, Egyptian…
Money Standard Chartered gets initial approval for first Egypt branch Amwal Al Ghad English Jan 24, 2022 0 Standard Chartered Bank has obtained preliminary approval from Egypt’s central bank to open its first branch in the…
Featured Egypt on track to achieve financial, economic reforms: Standard Chartered Bank Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 11, 2019 0 Egypt is on the right track to achieving comprehensive financial and economic reforms, and spending-led growth is…
Banks Standard Chartered names Egypt among world’s top 10 economies by 2030 Amwal Al Ghad English Feb 11, 2019 0 Britain's Standard Chartered Bank named Egypt among the world’s top 10 economies by 2030, Cabinet information…
Banks Standard Chartered sees Egypt FY19 GDP growth at 5.5% Ahmed Ali Oct 16, 2018 0 Egypt’s economy is likely to grow to 5.5 percent in the 2018-2019 financial year, which ends in June 2019, a senior…
Banks Standard Chartered Bank’s 2017 profit soars Yomna Yasser Feb 27, 2018 0 Standard Chartered Bank announced Tuesday that its 2017 underlying pre-tax profit soared to $3.01 billion — handily…
Banks United Bank-Egypt wins award for money transfers Noha Gad Dec 13, 2015 0 The United Bank of Egypt has won an award for performance in the field of direct payment processing. For the third…
Banks National Bank of Egypt selects banks for Potential Benchmark Bond Yomna Yasser Jun 23, 2015 0 National Bank of Egypt (NBE), the oldest commercial lender in the country, has picked five banks to arrange fixed…
Banks Standard Chartered Bank Expands Regional Fund Services Capabilities Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 22, 2013 0 Standard Chartered announced today the expansion of fund services capabilities from its Regional Securities…
Banks Finance Ministry Receives Standard Chartered Delegation To Discuss Sukuk Law Administrator Jan 28, 2013 0 The Egyptian Ministry of Finance will receive today a delegation from Standard Chartered Bank to discuss the bank’s…
Banks NBD Signs Up To Standard Chartered’s Islamic Euro Nostro Product Administrator Nov 12, 2012 0 Egypt’s National Bank for Development (NBD) (DEVE), in cooperation with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Group has signed up…
Banks QNB Group Announces Successful Completion Of Its US$1.0 Billion Bond Yomna Yasser Nov 8, 2012 0 Qatar National Bank (QNB) Group announced on Thursday the successful completion of a bond issuance under its Euro…
Banks Standard Chartered Named Best Global Retail Bank By Retail Banker Administrator Jun 12, 2012 0 Standard Chartered Bank has won awards of “Best Global Retail Bank” and “Best Online Banking Strategy” at The…
MENA News flydubai secures aircraft financing worth $172 million Amwal Al Ghad English May 27, 2012 0 Dubai’s innovative low-cost airline, has signed with Pembroke, a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank…
Banks Emirates NBD issues offshore Renminbi ‘CNY’ 750m Fixed Rate Notes Administrator Mar 7, 2012 0 Emirates NBD has successfully completed the inaugural issuance of offshore Renminbi 'CNY' 750 million Fixed Rate…
Banks Standard Chartered named best investment bank in UAE Administrator Mar 1, 2012 0 Standard Chartered Bank got the annual Global Finance Magazine award of “best investment bank in UAE”.Global…
Banks Standard Chartered profits rise 11% on Asia growth Administrator Mar 1, 2012 0 Standard Chartered announced a 11% rise to $6.8bn (£4.26bn) in 2011 profits for the ninth successive year, thanks…