# Attijariwafa Bank Egypt

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/attijariwafa-egypt
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-03
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Attijariwafa Egypt — official](https://www.attijariwafa.com.eg/)

## Overview

**Attijariwafa Bank Egypt** is **Egyptian commercial bank** + **Attijariwafa Bank Morocco CSE: ATW parent fully owned post-Oct 2017 Barclays Egypt ~$500M acquisition** + **one of Egypt's largest private commercial banks** <sup>[1][1], [Egypt report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG)</sup>.

## History

**1864 — Barclays Egypt branch opens as Anglo-Egyptian Bank**.

**Oct 2017 — Attijariwafa Bank Morocco acquires Barclays Egypt for ~$500M + Attijariwafa Egypt rebrand**.

**2017 — Attijari Egypt mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Attijariwafa Bank Egypt** (Egyptian commercial bank; Attijariwafa Bank Morocco fully owned).

**Major shareholders**: **Attijariwafa Bank Morocco (CSE: ATW; Morocco's largest commercial bank by assets; Royal SNI Holding controlling) fully owned**.

**Regulators**: **Central Bank of Egypt + BAM Bank Al-Maghrib**.

## Technical integration

Attijari Egypt mobile app (iOS + Android) + attijariwafa.com.eg online + Attijariwafa Egypt branch network across Egypt + Attijari Egypt Visa + Mastercard cards; EG IBAN + InstaPay + Meeza QR.

## Implementations & partners

**Attijariwafa Bank parent**: [Attijariwafa Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/attijariwafa-bank) (Attijariwafa Bank Morocco; CSE: ATW; Morocco's largest commercial bank by assets; Royal SNI Holding controlling).

**Major Egyptian banking + payments competitors**: [National Bank of Egypt (NBE)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/nbe-egypt) (National Bank of Egypt NBE; Egyptian state-owned commercial bank; Egypt's largest commercial bank by assets) + [Banque Misr (BM Online + onebank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banque-misr) (Banque Misr; Egyptian state-owned commercial bank; Egypt's #2 commercial bank by assets) + [CIB (Commercial International Bank Egypt)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/cib-egypt) (CIB Commercial International Bank Egypt; EGX: COMI + LSE: CIB; Egypt's largest private commercial bank by assets + market capitalization) + [QNB AlAhli](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/qnb-alahli) (QNB AlAhli; QNB Group Qatar parent Egyptian subsidiary) + [AlexBank Bank of Alexandria](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/alex-bank) (AlexBank Bank of Alexandria; Intesa Sanpaolo Italian parent Egyptian subsidiary) + [Banque du Caire (Egypt)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banque-du-caire) (Banque du Caire; Egyptian state-owned commercial bank) + [FAB Egypt](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/fab-egypt) (FAB Egypt; First Abu Dhabi Bank UAE parent Egyptian subsidiary) + [ADIB Egypt](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/adib-egypt) (ADIB Egypt; Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank UAE parent Egyptian subsidiary).

**Regulators**: Central Bank of Egypt + BAM Bank Al-Maghrib.

## Status

**Active, Egyptian commercial bank + Attijariwafa Bank Morocco CSE:ATW parent fully owned post-Oct 2017 Barclays Egypt ~$500M acquisition + one of Egypt's largest private commercial banks** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.attijariwafa.com.eg/ "Attijariwafa Egypt — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attijariwafa_Bank "Attijariwafa Bank — Wikipedia"
[eg-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG

- [1] [Attijariwafa Egypt — official][1]
- [2] [Attijariwafa Bank — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Egypt report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/EG-egypt.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [attijariwafa-egypt.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/attijariwafa-egypt). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.