While the summer of 2013 saw further instability in the broader political arena, Egypt's insurers have largely avoided the worst excesses of the fallout of the past two years. The Egyptian insurance industry is characterised by considerable competition on price, low market penetration and the continued dominance of the state-backed Misr Insurance....
As financial services firms regain ground after a tumultuous 2011, conditions are ripe for sharia-compliant banking, investment funds, insurance ( takaful) and bonds and equity instruments ( sukuk) to put Egypt on the global Islamic financial services (IFS) map. The concerns about conventional banking, resulting from the global...
The nation’s banks weathered a perfect storm of economic and political crises in the 2008-11 period. With a new government now established, supporting GDP growth and a rising rate of consumer spending, so long as the country remains stable the sector is well-positioned for profitability. What follows is a look at the top-five players in the sector...
The increasing use of ICT by banks has brought greater efficiencies and heightened access to the market. All of Egypt’s major players have invested in online banking functionality, and firm resolutions to expand upon this technological base to offer customers new and more convenient ways to bank has become a staple of annual reports across the...
The political transformation of Egypt that began in early 2011 has presented the banking sector with fresh challenges at a time when it was gaining ground on those already pushed forth by the global economic crisis. Nevertheless, financial results for 2011 reveal that the nation’s lenders put in a robust performance that year, and entered 2012 well...
When the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced in March 2012 that it would lower the reserve requirement for local currency deposits to 12% from 14%, the market showed its approval instantly. The following day financial stocks on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) led a 1.07% rise in the benchmark EGX30 index, on the prospect of fresh capital being made...
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