Banque du Caire

Key details

• Parent: assets

Overview

Banque du Caire is Egyptian state-owned commercial bank + Banque Misr Egyptian state-owned parent ~100%+ controlling + one of Egypt's largest commercial banks by assets + founded May 16 1952 in Cairo Egypt as Egypt's national commercial bank [1, eg-cro].

History

May 16 1952 — Banque du Caire founded in Cairo Egypt as Egypt's national commercial bank distinctive Egyptian banking heritage.

1960 — Banque du Caire nationalised under Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser-era Egyptian banking nationalisation.

2004 — Banque Misr Egyptian state-owned parent acquires Banque du Caire consolidating Banque du Caire as Banque Misr Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary.

2014 — Banque du Caire Mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Banque du Caire (Egyptian state-owned commercial bank).

Major shareholders: Banque Misr (Egyptian state-owned parent) ~100%+ controlling.

Regulators: Central Bank of Egypt CBE + Central Bank of UAE CBUAE.

Technical integration

Banque du Caire Mobile app (iOS + Android) + bdc.com.eg online + Banque du Caire branch network across Egypt + UAE international branch + Banque du Caire Visa + Mastercard + Meeza Egyptian national card scheme; Meeza national card scheme + Meeza QR (Egyptian national QR payment scheme) + Egyptian Pound EGP domestic transfers.

Implementations & partners

Parent group: [[banque-misr]] (Banque Misr; Egyptian state-owned commercial bank; one of Egypt's largest commercial banks by assets).

Major Egyptian banking + payments competitors: [[nbe-egypt]] (National Bank of Egypt NBE; Egypt's largest commercial bank by assets) + [[cib-egypt]] (Commercial International Bank CIB; CASE: COMI) + [[qnb-alahli]] (QNB Al Ahli Bank Egypt) + [[aaib-egypt]] (Arab African International Bank AAIB) + [[hsbc-egypt]] (HSBC Egypt) + [[alex-bank]] (AlexBank).

Regulators: Central Bank of Egypt CBE + Central Bank of UAE CBUAE.

Status

Active, Egyptian state-owned commercial bank + Banque Misr Egyptian state-owned parent ~100%+ controlling + one of Egypt's largest commercial banks by assets + founded May 16 1952 in Cairo Egypt as Egypt's national commercial bank [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 Banque du Caire — official
• 2 Banque du Caire — Wikipedia
• eg-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/EG-egypt.md

Source

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