In Standard & Poor’s recent report, Islamic Finance Could make Inroads Into North Africa, they stated that following the success Islamic Banking has seen over the last decade, it is now set to make increasing headway into North Africa. They noted that Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco have all taken steps towards implementing policies to develop
CDNetworks has extended its global network to both Kuwait and Cairo, Egypt for greater coverage in fast growing Middle East and North Africa (MENA) markets, joining points of presence in Israel, Iraq, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Oman. “With the growth in online shopping in the Middle East, competition is increasing,” said Jeff
MasterCard, National Bank of Egypt (NBE) and Etisalat announced the launch of the mobile payment wallet in Egypt, which will bring Etisalat Egypt’s subscriber base safe and convenient payment services through the power of their mobile phones. The newly introduced program is an early implementation of the Mobile Payment Solution that MasterCard and Egyptian Banks
Western Union, a leader in money transfer and global payment services today announced that it has signed an agreement with AlexBank, the Egyptian subsidiary of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, to offer Western Union® money transfer services in Egypt. Egypt accounts for over 40 percent of total remittance inflows to the MENA region and the country
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