Blom Bank Egypt

Overview

Blom Bank Egypt is Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary of Blom Bank Lebanese parent BSE: BLOM + Blom Bank Lebanese parent ~99%+ controlling pre-Apr 17 2022 Arab Banking Corporation Bahrain BHB: ABCB ~$427M acquisition then Bank ABC Egypt rebrand + one of Egypt's mid-sized foreign-owned commercial banks + founded Aug 14 1929 in Cairo Egypt as Misr Romanian Bank then 2005 Blom Bank Egypt acquisition [1, eg-cro].

History

Aug 14 1929 — Misr Romanian Bank founded in Cairo Egypt as Egyptian-Romanian joint commercial bank under Egyptian banking modernisation distinctive Egyptian banking heritage.

2005 — Blom Bank Lebanese parent BSE: BLOM acquires Misr Romanian Bank consolidating into Blom Bank Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary.

Apr 17 2022 — Arab Banking Corporation Bank ABC BHB: ABCB Bahraini parent acquires Blom Bank Egypt from Blom Bank Lebanese parent for ~$427M consolidating into Bank ABC Egypt distinctive Egyptian-Bahraini banking consolidation.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Blom Bank Egypt SAE (Egyptian commercial bank consolidated into Bank ABC Egypt post-Apr 17 2022 Arab Banking Corporation acquisition).

Major shareholders: Arab Banking Corporation Bank ABC (BHB: ABCB; Bahraini wholesale + commercial bank) ~99%+ controlling post-Apr 17 2022 ~$427M acquisition.

Regulators: Central Bank of Egypt CBE + Central Bank of Bahrain CBB via Bank ABC parent (post-2022).

Technical integration

Blom Bank Egypt mobile app discontinued + blom.com.eg discontinued (consolidated into Bank ABC Egypt branded successor) + Blom Visa + Mastercard + Meeza Egyptian national card scheme cards transitioned to Bank ABC Egypt; Meeza national card scheme + Meeza QR (Egyptian national QR payment scheme) + Egyptian Pound EGP domestic transfers.

Implementations & partners

Parent group: [[arab-banking-corporation]] (Arab Banking Corporation Bank ABC; BHB: ABCB; Bahraini wholesale + commercial bank).

Major Egyptian banking + payments competitors: [[nbe-egypt]] (National Bank of Egypt NBE) + [[cib-egypt]] (Commercial International Bank CIB; CASE: COMI) + [[banque-misr]] (Banque Misr) + [[qnb-alahli]] (QNB Al Ahli Bank Egypt) + [[aaib-egypt]] (Arab African International Bank AAIB) + [[hsbc-egypt]] (HSBC Egypt) + [[fab-egypt]] (FAB Egypt) + [[emirates-nbd-egypt]] (Emirates NBD Egypt).

Regulators: Central Bank of Egypt CBE + Central Bank of Bahrain CBB via Bank ABC parent (post-2022).

Status

Integrated into Bank ABC Egypt, Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary of Blom Bank Lebanese parent BSE:BLOM + Blom Bank Lebanese parent ~99%+ controlling pre-Apr 17 2022 Arab Banking Corporation Bahrain BHB:ABCB ~$427M acquisition then Bank ABC Egypt rebrand + one of Egypt's mid-sized foreign-owned commercial banks + founded Aug 14 1929 in Cairo Egypt as Misr Romanian Bank then 2005 Blom Bank Egypt acquisition [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 Blom Egypt — historical
• 2 Blom — Wikipedia
• eg-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/EG-egypt.md

Source

Biography extracted from blom-egypt.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.