# Credit Agricole Egypt

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> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-03
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Specifications:
- [CA Egypt — official](https://www.ca-egypt.com/)

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1979

## Overview

**Credit Agricole Egypt** is **Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary of Crédit Agricole French parent EPA: ACA** + **Crédit Agricole French parent ~63%+ controlling + Egyptian retail + institutional + foreign investors free float** + **one of Egypt's mid-sized private commercial banks** + **founded 1979 in Cairo Egypt as Egyptian American Bank EAB then Mar 2006 Crédit Agricole + Calyon acquisition + 2009 Credit Agricole Egypt rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [Egypt report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG)</sup>.

## History

**1979 — Egyptian American Bank EAB founded in Cairo Egypt as Egyptian-American joint commercial bank**.

**Mar 2006 — Crédit Agricole French parent + Calyon investment arm acquire Egyptian American Bank consolidating into Crédit Agricole French parent Egyptian subsidiary**.

**2009 — Credit Agricole Egypt rebrand** distinctive Egyptian-French banking consolidation.

**2014 — Credit Agricole Egypt Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Credit Agricole Egypt SAE** (Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary of Crédit Agricole French parent).

**Major shareholders**: **Crédit Agricole (French parent; EPA: ACA) ~63%+ controlling + Egyptian retail + institutional + foreign investors free float**.

**Regulators**: **Central Bank of Egypt CBE + ACPR French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority via Crédit Agricole parent**.

## Technical integration

Credit Agricole Egypt Mobile app (iOS + Android) + ca-egypt.com online + Credit Agricole Egypt branch network across Egypt + Credit Agricole Visa + Mastercard + Meeza Egyptian national card scheme; Meeza national card scheme + Meeza QR (Egyptian national QR payment scheme) + Egyptian Pound EGP domestic transfers.

## Implementations & partners

**Parent group**: [Crédit Agricole Ma Banque](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/credit-agricole) (Crédit Agricole; EPA: ACA; French cooperative commercial bank; one of Eurozone's largest commercial banks by market cap).

**Major Egyptian banking + payments competitors**: [National Bank of Egypt (NBE)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/nbe-egypt) (National Bank of Egypt NBE; Egypt's largest commercial bank by assets) + [CIB (Commercial International Bank Egypt)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/cib-egypt) (Commercial International Bank CIB; CASE: COMI) + [Banque Misr (BM Online + onebank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banque-misr) (Banque Misr; Egyptian state-owned commercial bank) + [QNB AlAhli](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/qnb-alahli) (QNB Al Ahli Bank Egypt; QNB Qatari parent ~95%+ controlling) + [Arab African International Bank (AAIB)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/aaib-egypt) (Arab African International Bank AAIB) + [FAB Egypt](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/fab-egypt) (FAB Egypt; First Abu Dhabi Bank Egyptian subsidiary) + [AlexBank Bank of Alexandria](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/alex-bank) (AlexBank; Intesa Sanpaolo Italian parent ~80%+ controlling).

**Regulators**: Central Bank of Egypt CBE + ACPR French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority via Crédit Agricole parent.

## Status

**Active, Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary of Crédit Agricole French parent EPA:ACA + Crédit Agricole French parent ~63%+ controlling + Egyptian retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of Egypt's mid-sized private commercial banks + founded 1979 in Cairo Egypt as Egyptian American Bank EAB then Mar 2006 Crédit Agricole + Calyon acquisition + 2009 Credit Agricole Egypt rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.ca-egypt.com/ "CA Egypt — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A9dit_Agricole_Egypt "CA Egypt — Wikipedia"
[eg-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG

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

## Source

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