--- title: "Egypt: financial institutions, SWIFT/BIC codes and licences | Elucidate" description: "89 institutions in Egypt (as at 23 September 2026): 89 hold a SWIFT/BIC code and 0 do not." url: https://elucidate.co/directory/country/eg --- 1. [Directory](https://elucidate.co/directory) 2. [Countries](https://elucidate.co/directory/country) 3. Egypt Country · Middle East & North Africa # Egypt Check who the institutions in Egypt are: whether each holds a BIC, which register lists it and whether an LEI is mapped. No tracked register covers Egypt, so every institution listed here holds a BIC. 89 Institutions Active · inactive not published 89 Hold a BIC 100% of institutions — On a tracked register Not covered by a tracked register 52 LEI mapped 58% of institutions 1 ECB-supervised 1 significant, 0 less significant ### Egypt at a glance Every row is the same 89 institutions, split by one attribute Type - Financial institution 80 · 90% - Non-financial corporate 5 · 5.6% - Credit institution 4 · 4.5% Identification - [BIC only](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?source=bic,noregister&cc=EG) 89 · 100% Regulation level - [Prudential licence](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=prudential&cc=EG) 4 · 4.5% - [Not on a tracked register](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?reg=none&cc=EG) 85 · 96% LEI - LEI mapped 52 · 58% - No LEI mapped 37 · 42% View as table | Attribute | Institutions | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Type | | Financial institution | 80 | 90% | | Non-financial corporate | 5 | 5.6% | | Credit institution | 4 | 4.5% | | Identification | | BIC only | 89 | 100% | | Regulation level | | Prudential licence | 4 | 4.5% | | Not on a tracked register | 85 | 96% | | LEI | | LEI mapped | 52 | 58% | | No LEI mapped | 37 | 42% | An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page. BIC data as at 23 September 2026 [Institutions](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/eg#institutions) [Regulation](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/eg#registers) [Headquartered here](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/eg#hq-firms) [Groups](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/eg#groups) [Payments](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/eg#payments) [BIC codes](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/eg#bics) [Research](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/eg#research) ## Institutions in Egypt The first 25 of 89 institutions in Egypt, with or without a BIC: prudentially supervised and larger institutions first. No OFAC or EU listing cites an institution in Egypt. - [Citibank N.A. - Cairo Branch BIC CITIEGCX Credit institution Prudential licence Egypt · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76](https://elucidate.co/directory/citibank-n-a-cairo-branch-citiegcx) - [Jp Morgan Chase Bank N.A. BIC CHASEGC1 Credit institution Prudential licence Egypt · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI 7H6GLXDRUGQFU57RNE97](https://elucidate.co/directory/jp-morgan-chase-bank-n-a-chasegc1) - [National Bank of Greece BIC ETHNEGCA Credit institution Prudential licence Egypt · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 5UMCZOEYKCVFAW8ZLO05](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-greece-ethnegca) - [Standard Chartered Bank BIC SCBLEGCA Credit institution Prudential licence Egypt · On the FSB G-SIB list · LEI RILFO74KP1CM8P6PCT96](https://elucidate.co/directory/standard-chartered-bank-scblegca) - [National Bank of Egypt BIC NBEGEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 2138001QZGOK42KGQM03](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-egypt-nbegegcx) - [Commercial International Bank, SAE BIC CIBEEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800FIIXJAMEVRIH48](https://elucidate.co/directory/commercial-international-bank-sae-cibeegcx) - [Banque du Caire BIC BCAIEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900IL3RVSAX1N3V73](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-du-caire-bcaiegcx) - [Albaraka Bank Egypt BIC ABRKEGCA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800O6ACOQMPIVGQ80](https://elucidate.co/directory/albaraka-bank-egypt-abrkegca) - [Suez Canal Bank BIC SUCAEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300L2TJKMRAVJCZ02](https://elucidate.co/directory/suez-canal-bank-sucaegcx) - [Societe Arabe Internationale de Banque BIC SBNKEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300UFRYUJFIZFHO82](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-arabe-internationale-de-banque-sbnkegcx) - [Arab International Bank BIC ARIBEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900N5N78OM3HFI984](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-international-bank-aribegcx) - [Egyptian Arab Land Bank BIC ARLBEGCA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001AEI4H4PH47870](https://elucidate.co/directory/egyptian-arab-land-bank-arlbegca) - [Arab African International Bank (Head Office) BIC ARAIEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900KNEQNIQTV1JP37](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-african-international-bank-head-office-araiegcx) - [Arab Bank PLC BIC ARABEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 5493001JH4LYPQTBQP79](https://elucidate.co/directory/arab-bank-plc-arabegcx) - [Midbank BIC MIDBEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300M1ZY1QHN0L4Q22](https://elucidate.co/directory/midbank-midbegcx) - [Agricultural Bank of Egypt (A.B.E) BIC BDACEGCA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/agricultural-bank-of-egypt-a-b-e-bdacegca) - [Kuwait Finance House Bank- Egypt BIC DEIBEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 54930007LW1U82NUVI07](https://elucidate.co/directory/kuwait-finance-house-bank-egypt-deibegcx) - [National Bank of Kuwait - Egypt BIC WABAEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300SO6THYI3S78O95](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-kuwait-egypt-wabaegcx) - [Export Development Bank of Egypt BIC EXDEEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800S4ISEZPDMALS29](https://elucidate.co/directory/export-development-bank-of-egypt-exdeegcx) - [Egyptian Gulf Bank BIC EGGBEGCA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 254900L5RSG2OTU3X650](https://elucidate.co/directory/egyptian-gulf-bank-eggbegca) - [Bank of Alexandria BIC ALEXEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/bank-of-alexandria-alexegcx) - [Central Bank of Egypt Cairo BIC CBEGEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI QPLH1J8M7Y52YWI9GF53](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-egypt-cairo-cbegegcx) - [Industrial Development Bank BIC DIBBEGCA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 213800L24E4CGKC8DD35](https://elucidate.co/directory/industrial-development-bank-dibbegca) - [Banque Misr BIC BMISEGCX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · LEI 549300ZW0H9ORV7CWL52](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-misr-bmisegcx) - [Central Bank of Egypt Cairo BIC CBEGEGCA Financial institution Not on a tracked register Egypt · Not on a tracked register · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/central-bank-of-egypt-cairo-cbegegca) [See all 89 institutions in Egypt →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=EG) ## Regulation and supervision None of the 22 tracked registers covers Egypt. All 89 institutions listed here hold a BIC; firms licensed only by Egypt’s national authorities are not listed. By regulation level: 4 prudentially supervised, 85 not on a tracked register. ### ECB banking supervision Significant institutions The ECB list of supervised entities covers 1 institution here that hold a BIC: 1 significant, supervised directly by the ECB, and 0 less significant. - [National Bank of Greece BIC ETHNEGCA Credit institution Prudential licence Egypt · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 5UMCZOEYKCVFAW8ZLO05](https://elucidate.co/directory/national-bank-of-greece-ethnegca) [See 1 ECB-supervised institution →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=EG&flag=ssm) ## Institutions headquartered here, registered elsewhere One institution registered in another country gives Egypt as its head office. Each counts in the country of its register. - [Balad Remit Inc. No BIC Money service business AML registration only Canada · Registered with FINTRAC · C100000189 (FINTRAC-MSB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/balad-remit-inc-995925b13959) [Search by head office: Egypt →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?hq=EG) ## Groups and systemic importance Institutions in Egypt belong to 5 groups on the FSB’s 2025 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs). GLEIF records the head office of 4 corporate groups in the directory here. For 12 institutions here, GLEIF records a parent in another country. ### G-SIB groups FSB 2025 list; institutions here that hold a BIC, by group | Group | Bucket | Institutions here | | --- | --- | --- | | [HSBC](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/MLU0ZO3ML4LN2LL2TL39) | 3 | 2 | | [Citigroup](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/6SHGI4ZSSLCXXQSBB395) | 3 | 1 | | [Groupe Crédit Agricole](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/969500TJ5KRTCJQWXH05) | 2 | 1 | | [JP Morgan Chase](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/8I5DZWZKVSZI1NUHU748) | 4 | 1 | | [Standard Chartered](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/U4LOSYZ7YG4W3S5F2G91) | 1 | 1 | [See all 6 institutions in G-SIB groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=EG&flag=gsib) ### Largest other groups GLEIF consolidation groups, by legal entities (LEIs) in this country | Group | LEIs here | LEIs in the group | | --- | --- | --- | | [Efg Holding S.A.E](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5586005JYFTUMPVGE837) | 3 | 8 | | [Banque Misr S.A.E.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300ZW0H9ORV7CWL52) | 2 | 2 | | [Central Bank of Egypt](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/QPLH1J8M7Y52YWI9GF53) | 2 | 2 | | [National Bank of Egypt](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138001QZGOK42KGQM03) | 1 | 4 | | [Kuwait Finance House (K.S.C.P.)](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2549007KX0N057S9BC98) | 1 | 5 | ### Groups headquartered here Largest of 4, by legal entities in the directory | Group | LEIs in the directory | | --- | --- | | [Efg Holding S.A.E](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/5586005JYFTUMPVGE837) | 8 | | [National Bank of Egypt](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/2138001QZGOK42KGQM03) | 4 | | [Banque Misr S.A.E.](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/549300ZW0H9ORV7CWL52) | 2 | | [Central Bank of Egypt](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/QPLH1J8M7Y52YWI9GF53) | 2 | [See all corporate groups →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group) ### Parents abroad Institutions here by the country of their GLEIF ultimate parent (else direct parent) - [United Kingdom3](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/gb "United Kingdom: 3") - [Kuwait3](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kw "Kuwait: 3") - [United States2](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/us "United States: 2") - [United Arab Emirates1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ae "United Arab Emirates: 1") - [Bahrain1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bh "Bahrain: 1") - [France1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/fr "France: 1") - [Qatar1](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/qa "Qatar: 1") GLEIF parents are accounting-consolidation relationships. They do not show ownership shares or control. ## Payments and connectivity Of the 89 institutions in Egypt that hold a BIC, 62.9% are connected to Swift and 6 are Swift GPI members, as at 23 September 2026. ### Connection to Swift Institutions that hold a BIC, by connection type in Swift’s directory - Connected to Swift56 · 62.9% - Reverse billing2 · 2.2% - Passive participant (no connection)31 · 34.8% A BIC does not imply a connection to the Swift network. ### Payment schemes Institutions that hold a BIC, reachable in each scheme - **Swift GPI members:** 6 institutions - **Swift GPI members, live:** 4 institutions [See all 6 Swift GPI members →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?cc=EG&flag=gpi) ### Trading venues 3 live market identifier codes (ISO 10383) operated by institutions here, by category - Systematic internaliserSINT2 - Not specifiedNSPD1 ## All BIC codes in Egypt Look up any of the 1,420 BIC codes registered in Egypt: the head offices and branch codes of the 89 institutions here that hold a BIC, with their LEIs and flags. [Download the list (JSON)](https://elucidate.co/data/banks/countries/EG.json) ### Where branch codes cluster Branch codes by city, top 8 - Cairo508 - Alexandria140 - Giza104 - Of October38 - Port Said26 - El Dakahliaa24 - Assuit19 - El Menia19 ## In Elucidate research One Elucidate article names Egypt. - [Trust and transparency for a fairer financial ecosystem in the MENA region](https://elucidate.co/blog/trust-and-transparency-for-a-fairer-financial-ecosystem-in-the-mena-region) 9 November 2024 ## Other countries in Middle East & North Africa The directory has pages for 20 other countries and territories in Middle East & North Africa. [Algeria](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/dz) [Bahrain](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/bh) [Djibouti](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/dj) [Iran](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ir) [Iraq](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/iq) [Israel](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/il) [Jordan](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/jo) [Kuwait](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/kw) [Lebanon](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/lb) [Libya](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ly) [Malta](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/mt) [Morocco](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ma) [Oman](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/om) [Palestinian Territories](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ps) [Qatar](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/qa) [Saudi Arabia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sa) [Syria](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/sy) [Tunisia](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/tn) [United Arab Emirates](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ae) [Yemen](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ye) Sources & method Each institution counts once, in one country: the BIC country when it holds a BIC, otherwise the country of the register that lists it. Licences in other countries are shown on its page. Sanctions listings are matched on the BIC and on the LEI mapped to it, so they cover institutions that hold a BIC only. Institutions without a BIC are not screened. Always screen against the official lists. [Read the methodology →](https://elucidate.co/directory/methodology) Sources for this page - **Swift ISO 9362 BIC directory**—institutions and branch codes, mapped to LEIs through the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. As at 23 September 2026 - **ECB list of supervised entities** · [ECB ↗](https://www.bankingsupervision.europa.eu/banking/list/html/index.en.html) published 20 August 2026 - **FSB 2025 list of global systemically important banks** · [FSB ↗](https://www.fsb.org/2025/11/2025-list-of-global-systemically-important-banks-g-sibs/) published 27 November 2025 - **GLEIF relationship records (Level 2)**—accounting consolidation as reported to GLEIF · [about Level 2 data ↗](https://www.gleif.org/en/lei-data/access-and-use-lei-data/level-2-data-who-owns-whom) as at 25 September 2026 ## Assess the financial crime risk behind a counterparty A BIC or a licence identifies an entity; it does not assess it. The Elucidate FinCrime Index (EFI) is an independent score of the financial crime risk of banks and payment firms. [Read about the FinCrime Index](https://elucidate.co/ratings). [Book a demo](https://elucidate.co/demo-request) Licence and registration data are drawn from the public registers of the regulators named on each page and shown for information only; the official register is always the authority. LEIs and ownership are from GLEIF. Directory and gpi data are drawn from SWIFT's public sources. SWIFT, Swift gpi and UETR are trademarks of S.W.I.F.T. SC, Avenue Adèle 1, 1310 La Hulpe, Belgium. Elucidate is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by SWIFT or any regulator named here. Elucidate does not provide payment or other financial services.