# Emirates NBD Egypt

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

Specifications:
- [Emirates NBD EG — official](https://www.emiratesnbd.com.eg/)

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1981

## Overview

**Emirates NBD Egypt** is **Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary of Emirates NBD Bank UAE parent DFM: EMIRATESNBD** + **Emirates NBD UAE parent ~100%+ controlling post-Mar 7 2013 ~$500M BNP Paribas Egypt acquisition + Emirates NBD Egypt rebrand** + **one of Egypt's mid-sized foreign-owned commercial banks** + **founded 1981 in Cairo Egypt as Banque du Caire et de Paris then 2013 Emirates NBD Egypt rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [Egypt report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG)</sup>.

## History

**1981 — Banque du Caire et de Paris founded in Cairo Egypt as Egyptian-French joint commercial bank (Cairo Bank Egypt + BNP Paribas French parent joint venture)**.

**Mar 7 2013 — Emirates NBD Bank UAE parent DFM: EMIRATESNBD acquires Banque du Caire et de Paris from BNP Paribas French parent for ~$500M consolidating into Emirates NBD Egyptian subsidiary** distinctive Egyptian-UAE banking consolidation.

**2013 — Emirates NBD Egypt rebrand consolidating Banque du Caire et de Paris**.

**2014 — Emirates NBD Egypt Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Emirates NBD Egypt SAE** (Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary of Emirates NBD UAE parent).

**Major shareholders**: **Emirates NBD Bank (UAE parent; DFM: EMIRATESNBD) ~100%+ controlling**.

**Regulators**: **Central Bank of Egypt CBE + Central Bank of UAE CBUAE via Emirates NBD parent**.

## Technical integration

Emirates NBD Egypt Mobile app (iOS + Android) + emiratesnbd.com.eg online + Emirates NBD Egypt branch network across Egypt + Emirates NBD 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**: [Emirates NBD (ENBD X)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/emirates-nbd) (Emirates NBD Bank; DFM: EMIRATESNBD; UAE commercial bank; one of UAE's largest commercial banks by assets; Investment Corporation of Dubai ICD UAE sovereign wealth fund ~55%+ controlling).

**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) + [QNB AlAhli](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/qnb-alahli) (QNB Al Ahli Bank Egypt) + [Arab African International Bank (AAIB)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/aaib-egypt) (Arab African International Bank AAIB) + [HSBC Egypt](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/hsbc-egypt) (HSBC Egypt) + [Credit Agricole Egypt](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/credit-agricole-egypt) (Credit Agricole Egypt) + [FAB Egypt](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/fab-egypt) (FAB Egypt; First Abu Dhabi Bank Egyptian subsidiary).

**Regulators**: Central Bank of Egypt CBE + Central Bank of UAE CBUAE via Emirates NBD parent.

## Status

**Active, Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary of Emirates NBD Bank UAE parent DFM:EMIRATESNBD + Emirates NBD UAE parent ~100%+ controlling post-Mar 7 2013 ~$500M BNP Paribas Egypt acquisition + Emirates NBD Egypt rebrand + one of Egypt's mid-sized foreign-owned commercial banks + founded 1981 in Cairo Egypt as Banque du Caire et de Paris then 2013 Emirates NBD Egypt rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.emiratesnbd.com.eg/ "Emirates NBD EG — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_NBD "Emirates NBD — Wikipedia"
[eg-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG

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

## Source

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