The Central Bank has awarded e-banking licenses to 10 banks, Assistant Sub-governor Ayman Hussein told the press this weekend without naming the banks, AMAY reports. The government has been working on a mobile payments strategy as part of its financial inclusion efforts, forming the National Payments Council earlier this year for that purpose.
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