# HSBC Egypt

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/hsbc-egypt
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

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

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1982

## Overview

**HSBC Egypt** is **Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary of HSBC Holdings British parent LON: HSBA NYSE: HSBC HKEX: 5** + **HSBC Holdings British parent ~95%+ controlling** + **one of Egypt's largest foreign-owned commercial banks by assets** + **founded 1982 in Cairo Egypt as Hongkong Egyptian Bank then 1998 HSBC Bank Egypt rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [Egypt report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG)</sup>.

## History

**1982 — Hongkong Egyptian Bank founded in Cairo Egypt as Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation HSBC's Egyptian subsidiary**.

**1998 — HSBC Bank Egypt rebrand consolidating Hongkong Egyptian Bank into HSBC Holdings British parent Egyptian commercial banking presence**.

**2014 — HSBC Egypt Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **HSBC Bank Egypt SAE** (Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary of HSBC Holdings British parent).

**Major shareholders**: **HSBC Holdings (British parent; LON: HSBA NYSE: HSBC HKEX: 5) ~95%+ controlling**.

**Regulators**: **Central Bank of Egypt CBE + PRA Prudential Regulation Authority via HSBC Holdings parent**.

## Technical integration

HSBC Egypt Mobile app (iOS + Android) + hsbc.com.eg online + HSBC Egypt branch network across Egypt + HSBC Visa + Mastercard + American Express + 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**: HSBC Holdings (HSBC Holdings; LON: HSBA; NYSE: HSBC; HKEX: 5; one of Europe's largest commercial banks by market cap; ~40M+ HSBC customers globally).

**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) + [Credit Agricole Egypt](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/credit-agricole-egypt) (Credit Agricole Egypt; Crédit Agricole French parent ~63%+ controlling).

**Regulators**: Central Bank of Egypt CBE + PRA Prudential Regulation Authority via HSBC Holdings parent.

## Status

**Active, Egyptian commercial banking subsidiary of HSBC Holdings British parent LON:HSBA NYSE:HSBC HKEX:5 + HSBC Holdings British parent ~95%+ controlling + one of Egypt's largest foreign-owned commercial banks by assets + founded 1982 in Cairo Egypt as Hongkong Egyptian Bank then 1998 HSBC Bank Egypt rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.hsbc.com.eg/ "HSBC Egypt — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Bank_Egypt "HSBC Egypt — Wikipedia"
[eg-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG

- [1] [HSBC Egypt — official][1]
- [2] [HSBC 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 [hsbc-egypt.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/hsbc-egypt). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.