Euromoney awards for HSBC, EFG Hermes and CIB
EFG Hermes, HSBC and CIB walked away with awards from the 2022 Euromoney Awards for Excellence last week.
- HSBC was named best bank for environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards in Egypt and received the awards for the Middle East’s best investment bank and best bank for sustainable finance for the fourth year in a row (statement, pdf);
- EFG Hermes took home the award for best CSR in Egypt;
- CIB was recognized as best bank in Egypt for SME banking and digital solutions, and was named the Middle East’s best bank for SMEs.
Fawry partners up with World Bank-backed initiative to help women-led SMEs: Fawry will work with the World Bank-backed Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) to help train Egyptian women entrepreneurs in e-commerce under the World Bank and International Finance Corporation-funded program (pdf), it said yesterday. The e-payments giant will help train female entrepreneurs on digital marketing, export markets and shipping, and online payment gateways, Hassan Abdelgelil, Fawry’s chief investment officer, told Enterprise.