Anglo-Egyptian Bank
The Anglo-Egyptian Bank was a British overseas bank established in 1864.
History
The founding banks were
In addition to its activities in Egypt, the Anglo-Egyptian opened branches in the British Mediterranean, where it frequently acted as banker to the British authorities.
The Anglo-Egyptian Bank issued banknotes for Malta in 1886.
1895, a notice signed by the secretary of the bank, William Hart, states the head office is located on Lombard Street, London, with branches in Alexandria, Cairo, Gibraltar, Malta, and Rue Lafayette of Paris[1]
Until 1920 the Cattauï Family had a controlling interest in Anglo-Egyptian. Then in 1921
Timeline
Acquisition
- 1884 Anglo-Egyptian purchased the accounts of the liquidated Commercial Bank of Alexandria, which had been established in 1868.
Branch openings and closings
- 1864 Alexandria
- 1878 Larnaca and Nicosia
- 1881 Malta
- 1888 Gibraltar
- 1890 The bank closed the branches in Port Saïd.
- 1913 Khartoum. After nationalization in 1970, the operations in Sudan became part of Bank of Khartoum.
- 1918 Jerusalem and Jaffa
- 1921 The Musky, a commercial district in Cairo.
- 1925 Anglo-Egyptian had 16 branches in all.
See also
Citations & references
Citations
- Grace's Guide 23 December 2010 (hyperlink is a redirect) - accessed 2020-02-14
- ISBN 0-8108-3173-2.
References Samir Saul (1994) From the Anglo-Egyptian Bank to Barclays (DCO): A Century of Overseas Banking. In M. Davids, F. Proceedings of the Conference on Business History, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. de Goey, D. De Wit (eds.),
Bibliography
- Egypt sets new targets for banking sector after moving to free-floating currency, published by Oxford Business Group - accessed 2020-02-14
- Anglo Egyptian Bank, published by Barclays PLC- accessed 2020-02-14
- Barclays Bank International, formerly Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial & Overseas) and Barclays Bank D.C.O. published by Barclays GroupArchives (BGA) - accessed 2020-02-14
- (shows errata "1827") Lot: 79, published by Spink & Son- accessed 2020-02-14