foreign currency crisis
Egypt bans use of debit cards abroad amid hard-currency shortage
Business
June 30, 2016
Egypt bans use of debit cards abroad amid hard-currency shortage
Egypt has ordered banks to prevent customers from using debit cards based on their Egyptian pound accounts when they go…
Egypt’s illicit currency traders defy crackdown, spread business abroad
Business
June 15, 2016
Egypt’s illicit currency traders defy crackdown, spread business abroad
Egypt's efforts to stamp out illicit currency trading is pushing black market dealers to carry out transactions abroad, beyond the…
What devaluation? Egyptian currency traders shrug off black market crackdown
Business
April 22, 2016
What devaluation? Egyptian currency traders shrug off black market crackdown
Egypt's war on black market currency traders is not going to plan. One month after a devaluation that was supposed…
Egypt pound weaker on black market amid dollar hoarding
Business
April 21, 2016
Egypt pound weaker on black market amid dollar hoarding
The Egyptian pound weakened on the parallel market on Tuesday reaching LE11 against the dollar at a time when Egypt's…
Egypt central bank to keep pound stable say bankers, pound weakens on black market
Business
April 7, 2016
Egypt central bank to keep pound stable say bankers, pound weakens on black market
Egypt's central bank will keep the pound stable at LE8.78 pounds to the dollar in Thursday's additional foreign currency auction,…
Egypt’s exchange bureaus investigated for hoarding dollars
Business
April 4, 2016
Egypt’s exchange bureaus investigated for hoarding dollars
Egypt's General Prosecution is investigating around 15 exchange bureaus after the central bank reported them for hoarding dollars and contributing…
Egyptian pound hits all-time low against the dollar on black market
Business
March 9, 2016
Egyptian pound hits all-time low against the dollar on black market
The value of the Egyptian pound relative to the US dollar hit rock bottom last week, with US$1 equaling LE10…
Egypt’s Suez Cement says profit transfers hit by currency crisis
Business
March 8, 2016
Egypt’s Suez Cement says profit transfers hit by currency crisis
Suez Cement, which is 55 percent owned by Italian firm Italicementi, is struggling to transfer shareholder profits out of Egypt…
Egypt central bank to hold exceptional $500 million FX auction on Sunday
Business
March 6, 2016
Egypt central bank to hold exceptional $500 million FX auction on Sunday
Egypt's central bank said on Sunday it would hold an exceptional auction for US$500 million to cover imports of strategic…
Egypt says reached agreement over foreign airline payments
Business
March 5, 2016
Egypt says reached agreement over foreign airline payments
Egypt's civil aviation ministry said on Thursday it had reached an agreement with the central bank over paying foreign airlines…