The Central Bank is close to finalizing amendments to Egypt’s banking laws, CBE Governor Tarek Amer told senior banking and industry executives on Wednesday, according to Ahram Gate, without specifying details. Amer also urged the executives to begin making plans to open branches in the new administrative capital, where President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said most government offices will be moving by the end of 2018.
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