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Egypt bans use of debit cards abroad amid hard-currency shortage
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Egypt bans use of debit cards abroad amid hard-currency shortage

Egypt has ordered banks to prevent customers from using debit cards based on their Egyptian pound accounts when they go…
Egypt’s illicit currency traders defy crackdown, spread business abroad
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Egypt’s illicit currency traders defy crackdown, spread business abroad

Egypt's efforts to stamp out illicit currency trading is pushing black market dealers to carry out transactions abroad, beyond the…
What devaluation? Egyptian currency traders shrug off black market crackdown
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What devaluation? Egyptian currency traders shrug off black market crackdown

Egypt's war on black market currency traders is not going to plan. One month after a devaluation that was supposed…
Egypt pound weaker on black market amid dollar hoarding
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Egypt pound weaker on black market amid dollar hoarding

The Egyptian pound weakened on the parallel market on Tuesday reaching LE11 against the dollar at a time when Egypt's…
Egypt central bank to keep pound stable say bankers, pound weakens on black market
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Egypt central bank to keep pound stable say bankers, pound weakens on black market

Egypt's central bank will keep the pound stable at LE8.78 pounds to the dollar in Thursday's additional foreign currency auction,…
Egypt’s exchange bureaus investigated for hoarding dollars
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Egypt’s exchange bureaus investigated for hoarding dollars

Egypt's General Prosecution is investigating around 15 exchange bureaus after the central bank reported them for hoarding dollars and contributing…
Egyptian pound hits all-time low against the dollar on black market
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Egyptian pound hits all-time low against the dollar on black market

The value of the Egyptian pound relative to the US dollar hit rock bottom last week, with US$1 equaling LE10…
Egypt’s Suez Cement says profit transfers hit by currency crisis
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Egypt’s Suez Cement says profit transfers hit by currency crisis

Suez Cement, which is 55 percent owned by Italian firm Italicementi, is struggling to transfer shareholder profits out of Egypt…
Egypt central bank to hold exceptional $500 million FX auction on Sunday
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Egypt central bank to hold exceptional $500 million FX auction on Sunday

Egypt's central bank said on Sunday it would hold an exceptional auction for US$500 million to cover imports of strategic…
Egypt says reached agreement over foreign airline payments
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Egypt says reached agreement over foreign airline payments

Egypt's civil aviation ministry said on Thursday it had reached an agreement with the central bank over paying foreign airlines…
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