With the passage of landmarks, it is at the forefront of the country’s banking sector for a period of 50 years, leading economic growth and defending the innovation centered around customers, is something to celebrate it.
“From our first days until we become the leading private sector bank in Egypt and the preferred financial partner for more than 500 of the largest companies in the country, CIB’s trip was characterized by great achievements and commitment to building a brighter and more comprehensive financial future,” I explained the godfather Iz.
Driving
The CIB development has been formulated an enviable legacy. After starting the National Bank of Chis in September 1975 and the accumulation of deposits, loans and foreign investments for more than a decade, the process of getting rid of Chase Manhattan in 1987 stimulated a rapid growth in the net value, profitability and branch network.
Innovation soon followed. CIB quickly adopted the pioneering opportunities that included new technology developments. Against the background of early technology adoption, CIB has become the first Egyptian bank to communicate with Swift. Moreover, since CIB embraced the digital revolution around the middle to the late 1990s, new criteria were set to provide advanced banking solutions. This included the launch of online banking services in 2004 and then mobile banking services and CIB SMART in 2016, in addition to the development of bank chat made from Misurata Egyptians in Egypt in 2019, and it became the first local private bank to offer Apple Pay. More importantly, CIB was the first bank in the region to create a data analysis department. All these developments prove the transformation, not only for CIB, but for bank customers, customers and societies.
“These initiatives have strengthened our prominent location in the market and enhancing our commitment to the service of our customers through advanced solutions.”
Hisham Ezz Al-AABCEO, CIB
Innovation and purpose
It is also proud of CIB’s fixed dedication to a positive effect.
This is evident in the achievements of sustainable financing, led by an independent department since 2012. The last success, as of early 2025, was closing the largest sustainable social social issuance in Africa-and the first of its kind in the Egyptian market. In 2021, CIB issued a green bond worth $ 100 million, the first green bond financing in the private sector. Moreover, CIB is the first Egyptian bank classified on the FTSE4GOOD sustainability index.
The totalitarian is also the highest bank agenda. This was seen with the launch of the CIB Foundation in 2010, where 1 % of profits are allocated to children’s health, reaching more than 7 million patients. .
At the same time, the bank focuses on enhancing innovation in education in Egypt, which is what it does through partnership with the leading academic institutions to enhance the curricula in compliance with market requirements and global trends. In February 2025, CIB held the first sustainable financing for the graduation ceremony of small and medium -sized companies, a course aimed at providing students with the necessary skills in success in the current environment. It aims to bridge the gender gap in the technology sector in Egypt. The bank conducted this year 5Y A tour of the “Women in Technology” program, providing females with practical experience in digital banking and information technology services.
