# Suez Canal Bank

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

Specifications:
- [Suez Canal Bank — official](https://www.scbank.com.eg/)

## Overview

**Suez Canal Bank** is **Egyptian commercial bank** + **CASE: CANA** + **Suez Canal Authority Egyptian state-owned + Egyptian retail + institutional + foreign investors free float** + **one of Egypt's mid-sized commercial banks** + **founded Apr 28 1978 in Cairo Egypt as Egyptian commercial bank tied to Suez Canal Authority shipping revenue** <sup>[1][1], [Egypt report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG)</sup>.

## History

**Apr 28 1978 — Suez Canal Bank SAE founded in Cairo Egypt as Egyptian commercial bank tied to Suez Canal Authority shipping revenue** distinctive Egyptian banking heritage as Egypt's national maritime + shipping commercial bank.

**2014 — Suez Canal Bank Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Suez Canal Bank SAE** (Egyptian commercial bank; CASE: CANA).

**Major shareholders**: **Suez Canal Authority (Egyptian state-owned) + Egyptian retail + institutional + foreign investors free float**.

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

## Technical integration

Suez Canal Bank Mobile app (iOS + Android) + scbank.com.eg online + Suez Canal Bank branch network across Egypt + Suez Canal 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

**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; QNB Qatari parent ~95%+ controlling) + [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) + [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) + [Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/faisal-egypt) (Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt; Egypt's first Islamic commercial bank).

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

## Status

**Active, Egyptian commercial bank + CASE:CANA + Suez Canal Authority Egyptian state-owned + Egyptian retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of Egypt's mid-sized commercial banks + founded Apr 28 1978 in Cairo Egypt as Egyptian commercial bank tied to Suez Canal Authority shipping revenue** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.scbank.com.eg/ "Suez Canal Bank — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal_Bank "Suez Canal Bank — Wikipedia"
[eg-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/EG

- [1] [Suez Canal Bank — official][1]
- [2] [Suez Canal 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 [suez-canal-bank.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/suez-canal-bank). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.