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US cuts off major Egyptian bank from global financial system
MEE staff8/28/2026
US cuts off major Egyptian bank from global financial system Sanctions on Banque Misr's branches in the UAE are part of Trump administration's 'Operation Economic Outcast' against Iran The high-rise commercial building, left, serves as the modern headquarters of Banque Misr, in Cairo, Egypt photographed on 9 February 2023 (Amir Makar/AFP) Off The US Treasury on Friday announced plans to cut off Banque Misr's branches in the United Arab Emirates from the global financial system, as the Trump administration seeks to "asphyxiate" what it said were Iran's "enablers". Banque Misr is Egypt's second-largest bank. Its Emirati arm will no longer be able to do business in US dollars as of 28 September, under the new plan…
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