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Business - Markets & Companies
1/28/2025 1:25:24 PM
Mastercard, in partnership with Money Fellows and Banque Misr, announced Monday that it will launch a prepaid card in Egypt to enhance financial inclusion.

Business - Economy
12/29/2024 8:38:01 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has raised the daily and monthly maximum limits for withdrawals on company and individual financial inclusion banking accounts (including total withdrawals, outgoing transfers, debit transactions, and purchases) by 50 percent, according to a CBE circular published for all banks on Sunday.

Business - Tech
12/23/2024 12:00:59 PM
Egypt recently launched Apple Pay services in the local market and announced that Google Wallet services will be available starting in 2025 as part of its financial inclusion strategy (2022-2025) and its tendency towards a cashless and contactless payment community.

Al-Ahram Weekly - Economy
12/18/2024 6:02:00 PM
In a move meant to improve financial inclusion, Apple Pay has inaugurated its mobile payment services in the Egyptian market

Business - Economy
12/15/2024 2:42:39 PM
Financial inclusion has increased by 181 percent, with the number of Egyptians holding transactional accounts rising from 17.1 million individuals in 2016 to 48.1 million out of 67.3 million eligible citizens (aged 16 and above) in June 2024, according to a report by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE).

Business - Economy
12/8/2024 8:23:48 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) hosted a delegation from the Banque Centrale de Mauritanie (BCM) for a knowledge exchange program focused on financial literacy and the economic empowerment of women in a collaboration supported by the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI), according to a statement released published by CBE on Sunday

Business - Economy
11/26/2024 2:41:49 PM
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, announced Monday plans to invest $605 million to support climate finance, sustainable tourism, and financial inclusion for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Egypt.

Al-Ahram Weekly - Opinion
10/22/2024 4:33:58 PM
Major steps have been taken in recent years to improve financial-inclusion rates in Egypt, but there is still much work to be done, writes Ahmed Reda

Business - Economy
10/14/2024 5:01:18 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced Monday that it has allowed banks to open financial inclusion accounts in foreign currencies, besides the Egyptian pound.

Business - Economy
8/22/2024 10:02:13 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) released on Thursday the financial inclusion indicators for June as part of the follow-up for the financial inclusion strategy 2022-2025.

Business - Economy
6/23/2024 7:53:07 PM
The value of e-payment and collection services in Egypt grew by 19 percent to EGP 2.5 trillion during the first 11 months of the current FY2023/2024, which ends on 30 June, up from EGP 2.1 trillion during the corresponding period of the previous FY2022/2023, Egypt’s Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait said in a statement on Sunday.

Business - Tech
6/10/2024 9:31:48 PM
Smart issuing and payment processing warehouse MDP plans to inject new investments worth $2 million into the Egyptian market to purchase three new production lines, increasing the total to 15, Ahmed Nafie, CEO of the company, told Ahram Online.

Business - Economy
5/12/2024 7:41:05 PM
As representing over 60 percent of the population, Egypt's youth's robust use of mobiles and the internet makes the local market promising for investments in digital transformation, CEO of Mashreq Bank, Amr El-Bahey, told Ahram Online.

Al-Ahram Weekly - Economy
4/16/2024 9:14:20 PM
The Aziza initiative to finance women’s micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises is another step towards women’s economic empowerment and financial inclusion, reports Amira Hisham

Business - Economy
2/22/2024 12:17:12 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) released the core set of financial inclusion indicators for 2023, highlighting a notable rise in the country's financial inclusion rates.

Business - Markets & Companies
1/29/2024 3:06:55 PM
Global digital payment company Visa has announced the launch of the second round of its Africa Fintech Accelerator programme to improve the digital payments and financial inclusion landscape in Africa, according to a statement released by the company on Monday.

Business - Economy
1/8/2024 2:52:30 PM
The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) is set to launch the electronic pound by 2030 to increase the efficiency of monetary policy, read a government document released in January.

Business - Tech
12/20/2023 6:09:46 PM
Basata Holding, a leading Egyptian e-payment services company, announced plans to introduce new services in 2024 to promote financial inclusion and support Egypt's vision of accelerating digital transformation, according to a statement by the company on Wednesday.

Business - Tech
12/19/2023 6:54:08 PM
Global digital payment company Visa entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with global technology company TECH5 in a bid to enhance digital government ecosystems on a global scale, according to a statement by Visa on Tuesday.

Business - Economy
12/18/2023 5:28:10 PM
The number of ATMs with features supporting people of determination in Egypt surged by nearly 23 percent to 4,950 in December from around 4,000 in January, according to a statement by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on Monday.

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