Egypt · Financial institution
Banque Misr
Legal name in the LEI recordبنك مصر ش.م.م.
Banque Misr S.A.E. is a state-owned Egyptian joint-stock bank based in Cairo. It was founded in 1920 and nationalised in 1960. It provides retail, corporate, SME and Islamic banking, with branches in the United Arab Emirates and France and subsidiaries in Lebanon, Germany and Djibouti. In August 2026 the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed a special measure covering the bank's five UAE branches only.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BMISEGCXXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under BMISEGCX directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 6 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1994-09-05
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
State-owned
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Banque Misr (BM)
- Standing
- On 28 August 2026 FinCEN published a proposed rule covering the bank's five branches in the United Arab Emirates. It would bar US financial institutions from maintaining correspondent accounts for those branches. FinCEN stated that the finding does not apply to Banque Misr operations in any other country. In September 2026 the bank announced that the Central Bank of the UAE had given preliminary approval for the National Bank of Egypt to acquire the UAE branches.
- Ownership
- The bank is owned by the Egyptian state, and the Prime Minister appoints its board of directors.
- Ultimate owner
- Arab Republic of Egypt, Egypt
- Head office
- 151 Mohamed Farid Street, 11511 Cairo, Egypt
Business lines
According to the bank, at the end of November 2025 it had 886 branches in Egypt, including 59 Islamic banking (Kenana) branches. It also reported five branches in the UAE, one in France and representative offices in China, Russia, South Korea, Italy and Kenya.
Online
- Websites & references
- banquemisr.com ↗
banquemisr.ae ↗ UAE branches website
banquemisr.fr ↗ Paris branch website
digital.banquemisr.com ↗ SME digital platform
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · TikTok ↗ · WhatsApp ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- banquemisr.com/
- banquemisr.com/en/Home/ABOUT-US/Board-members
- banquemisr.com/en/ABOUT-US/News/Clarification-regarding-of-Banque-Misr-UAE
- banquemisr.com/en/ABOUT-US/News/BM-UAE-branches-acquisition
- banquemisr.com/en/ABOUT-US/Financial-Indicators
- banquemisr.com/en/ABOUT-US/News/Business-results-up-to-the-third-quarter-and-awards-for-2025
- fincen.gov/news/news-releases/fincen-proposes-rule-would-revoke-banque-misr-uaes-correspondent-banki
- federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/01/2026-17871/proposal-of-special-measure-regarding-banque-misr-uae-as-
- banquemisr.com/en/CONTACT-US/Regional-and-Foreign-Branches
- banquemisr.com/ar-EG/Home/ABOUT-US/Board-members/Essam-Eldin-Mohamed-Abdelmoniem-Elwakil?sc_lang=ar-EG
- almoasheralektesady.com/296580/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banque_Misr
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Hesham Ahmed Okasha Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
-
Essam Eldin Mohamed Abdelmoniem Elwakil
Chairman - Non-Executive
- Executive
-
Hossam Eldin Abdelwahab
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Egypt
- Central Bank of Egypt Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorResolution
Recent events 1 enforcement or investigation item
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Merger / acquisition
The Central Bank of the UAE gave preliminary approval for the National Bank of Egypt to acquire the bank's UAE branches.
banquemisr.com ↗ -
Enforcement
FinCEN proposed a section 311 special measure finding the bank's five UAE branches to be of primary money laundering concern.
fincen.gov ↗ -
Leadership
The Egyptian Prime Minister reconstituted the board for three years, naming Hesham Okasha CEO and Essam Elwakil non-executive chairman.
almoasheralektesady.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- BMISEGCXXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BMISBank
- EGCountry · Egypt
- CXLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300ZW0H9ORV7CWL52
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Egypt · Middle East & North Africa
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Banque Misr S.A.E. group has 7 institutions in the directory, in 6 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Banque du Caire.
See the Banque Misr S.A.E. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 153 MOHAMED FARID STREET CAIRO 11511 EGYPT
- Operational address
- BANQUE MISR TOWER 153 MOHAMED FARID STREET CAIRO CAIRO POB 11511 EGYPT
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BMISEGCXXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300ZW0H9ORV7CWL52</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BMISEGCXXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300ZW0H9ORV7CWL52</LEI>
<Nm>BANQUE MISR</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>CAIRO</TwnNm>
<Ctry>EG</Ctry>
<AdrLine>153 MOHAMED FARID STREET CAIRO 11511</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Branch network
All 6 branch BICs connect to the head office. They are all in Cairo, and no function or registration year splits them further.
Hover over a branch or group to see its details
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMISEGCXCOL | — | Cairo | BANQUE MISR TOWER 153 MOHAMED FARID STREET CAIRO 11511 CAIRO EGYPT | — | 2011-09-13 |
| BMISEGCXFCC | — | Cairo | BANQUE MISR TOWER 153 MOHAMED FARID STREET CAIRO 11511 CAIRO EGYPT | — | 2011-09-13 |
| BMISEGCXREC | — | Cairo | MOUSTAFA KAMEK 105 MOUSTAFA KAMEL STREET CAIRO 11511 CAIRO EGYPT | — | 2011-09-13 |
| BMISEGCXTBO | — | Cairo | BANQUE MISR TOWER 153 MOHAMED FARID STREET CAIRO 11511 CAIRO EGYPT | — | 2011-09-13 |
| BMISEGCXTFC | TRADE FINANCE CENTER | Cairo | 22 ADLY ST DOWEN TOWEN CAIRO 11511 CAIRO EGYPT | — | 2018-09-01 |
| BMISEGCXTRF | — | Cairo | BANQUE MISR TOWER 153 MOHAMED FARID STREET CAIRO 11511 CAIRO EGYPT | — | 2011-09-13 |
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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