VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 46

14-AUGUST-1995

Financial and Banking News

Regional Banking

Four Big Egyptian Banks To Remain In State Hands

The Egyptian Minister for the Economy and Overseas Trade, Mr. Mahmud MuhammadMahmud, has said that a disposal of shares in the four state-owned commercialbanks is not imminent. In an interview with the Cairo daily al-Ahram on 8August, Mr. Mahmud said that the banking sector was one of the main pillars ofthe Egyptian national economy and that the aggregate balance sheet of...