{"id":604384,"date":"2018-12-02T04:14:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-02T04:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/12\/02\/united-bank-considers-providing-online-options-for-microfinance-unit\/"},"modified":"2018-12-02T04:14:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-02T04:14:45","slug":"united-bank-considers-providing-online-options-for-microfinance-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/12\/02\/united-bank-considers-providing-online-options-for-microfinance-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"United Bank considers providing online options for microfinance unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Bank of Egypt is considering offering funding to micro projects through its online banking tools, Vice President Nevine Kashmiry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Story\/400927\/12\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%AA%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%BA%D8%B1-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9\">told Al Mal<\/a>. 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