Egypt

Egypt's banking sector comprises 37 banks registered with the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE), spanning state-owned, private, Islamic and foreign-owned institutions. Total assets, excluding the CBE, reached EGP27.66tn at end-June 2026, about US$562bn. The system is highly concentrated: the five largest banks held EGP19.36tn, or 70% of assets, led by the state-owned National Bank of Egypt and Banque Misr. Commercial International Bank (CIB) is the largest private-sector bank, with FY2025 assets of US$30.3bn, and Gulf groups including QNB, Emirates NBD and First Abu Dhabi Bank operate local subsidiaries.