# Banque du Caire (Egypt)

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banque-du-caire
> research date 2026-05-30 · extracted at 2026-10-03
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Banque du Caire — official](https://www.banqueducaire.com/)

## Overview

**Banque du Caire (Egypt)** is **Egyptian state-owned commercial bank since May 7 1952** + **Banque Misr ~99.9% controlling post-2010 Egyptian state banking restructuring** + **UAE + Uganda + Macau subsidiaries** <sup>[1][1], [Egypt report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG)</sup>.

## History

**May 7 1952 — Banque du Caire founded** distinctive Egyptian state banking heritage.

**2010 — Egyptian government transfers Banque du Caire ~99.9% controlling stake to Banque Misr** distinctive Egyptian state banking restructuring (post-2006 Banque du Caire planned privatization cancelled).

**2014 — Banque du Caire Mobile Banking app launch** distinctive Egyptian mobile banking strategy.

**2019-2020 — Banque du Caire IPO planned but postponed multiple times**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Banque du Caire S.A.E.** (Egyptian state-owned commercial bank since 1952; Banque Misr ~99.9% controlling).

**Major shareholders**: **Banque Misr (Egyptian state-owned bank since 1920; ~99.9% controlling stake post-2010 Egyptian state banking restructuring)**.

**Regulators**: **CBE (Central Bank of Egypt)**.

## Technical integration

Banque du Caire BDC Mobile mobile banking app (iOS + Android) + banqueducaire.com online + Banque du Caire branch network across Egypt + UAE + Uganda + Macau + Banque du Caire Visa + Mastercard + Meeza cards; InstaPay (IPN) + Meeza.

## Implementations & partners

**Banque Misr parent**: [Banque Misr (BM Online + onebank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banque-misr) (Banque Misr; Egyptian state-owned bank since 1920; ~99.9% controlling Banque du Caire post-2010 Egyptian state banking restructuring + BM Online mobile + corporate banking + InstaPay (IPN) primary participant + Misr Digital Innovation 'onebank' Egypt's first fully digital bank expected 2026).

**Major Egyptian banking competitors**: [National Bank of Egypt (NBE)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/nbe-egypt) (National Bank of Egypt; Egypt's largest state-owned bank by assets since 1898) + [CIB (Commercial International Bank Egypt)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/cib-egypt) (Commercial International Bank Egypt; EGX: COMI; Egypt's largest private bank by market cap) + [QNB AlAhli](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/qnb-alahli) (QNB Alahli Egypt; QNB Group Qatari parent ~99% controlling) + [ADIB Egypt](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/adib-egypt) (Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Egypt; ADIB UAE parent ~52.6% controlling; Egyptian Islamic commercial bank) + [FAB Egypt](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/fab-egypt) (FAB Egypt; FAB UAE parent subsidiary) + [HSBC Egypt](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/hsbc-egypt) (HSBC Egypt) + [Fawry](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/fawry) (Egyptian e-payments + financial services; EGX: FWRY; ~50M+ users).

**Regulator**: CBE.

## Status

**Active, Egyptian state-owned commercial bank since May 7 1952 + Banque Misr ~99.9% controlling post-2010 Egyptian state banking restructuring + UAE + Uganda + Macau subsidiaries** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.banqueducaire.com/ "Banque du Caire — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banque_du_Caire "Banque du Caire — Wikipedia"
[eg-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG

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

## Source

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