VOL. XXX

NO. 18

9-FEBRUARY-1987

Financial and Banking News

REGIONAL BANKING

Foreign Banks Reduce Presence in Egypt, Jordan

Lloyds Bank last week announced that it is scaling down its Egyptianoperations and making about 20 of its staff there redundant. Lloyds plans tokeep only its Zamalek branch in Cairo (closing down its city center branch) andwill close its Alexandria branch next month. The bank referred to the downturnin the volume of trade-related business available in Egypt, but stressed its...