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Currency
The Egyptian pound or gineih (Arabic: الجنيه المصرى, el-Gineih el-Maṣrī) is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 qirsh (قرش) (pronounced irsh, piastres in English), or 1000 malleem (مليم) (milliemes). The ISO 4217 code is EGP.
Banking Currency exchange facilities are available in most banks and Money Exchange outlets. Credit cards are accepted at most restaurants and shops, the most widely used being Master card, Visa, and American Express.
Banks are working on Sunday to Thursday from 8:30 A.M till 5:00 P.M.. some Banks are working from 8:30 A.M till 2:00 P.M.
AirPort Banks
Nile Bank.
Misr Bank.
Banque du Caire
National Bank of Egypt
Commercial International Bank CIB.
Thomas Cook Bank.
Bank of Alexandria.
http://www.cairo-airport.com/services_banking.asp
Banks's Locations
Egyptian Commercial Bank
2 Patrice Lumumba St., Bab Sharki
3935734
Egyptian Gulf Bank
81, El Sultan Hussein St.
4869093
National Bank of Egypt
26, Salah Salem St.
489093
Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt
7, Victor Basily St., Azarita
4856341/2
Misr International Bank
47, El Sultan Hussein St.
482508/9
Banque Misr
9, Talat Harb st., Raml station
4846921-4861431
Misr Exterior Bank
95, 26th July St., Azarita
4843950
The Nile Bank
8, Champollion St., Azarita
4865886
Bank of Alexandria
6, Salah Salem St.
4870159
Banque Du Cairo
5, Salah Salem St.,
4861241/43
Cairo Barclays Bank
10, Al Fawatem St., Azarita
4877804
Cairo for East Bank
33, El sultan Hussein St.,
4855792
Central Bank of Egypt
3, Mahmoud Azmi St., Salah Salem.
El Attarien
4878589
Delta International Bank
Lumumba St., & El Horreya rd.,
El Shalalat Bld.
3938531
http://www.egyptguide.net/egyptmap/alex/banks.html
AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK
10 Patrice Lumumba St. Bab Sharq
4950918
ARAB AFRICAN INTERNATIONAL BANK
24 Bani El Abbas St. Bab Sharq
4836714 4839674
ARAB BANK PLC
21 Talaat Harb St.Down Town
4824094 4826850
ARAB INTERNATIONAL BANK
2 El Horreya Rd. Down town
4829673
BANQUE DU CAIR BARDAYS INTERNATIONAL
10 El Fawatim St. Azarita
4821307
BANQUE DU CAIR ET DE PARIS (BCP)
11 Dr. Ibrahim Abd el Sayed St. Bab Sharq
4938959
BANQUE MISR
9 TALAAT Harb St. Downtown
4830629 4838375
CITIBANK
95 26th of July St.
4837049
EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK
14 Salah Salem St. Downtown
4828640 4836018
EGYPTIAN BRITISH BANK
47 El Sultan Hussein St. Azarita
4832839
MISR AMERICA INTERNATIONAL BANK
73 El Horreya Rd. Downtwon
4920900
NATIONAL SOCIETE GENERAL BANK
240 El Geigh St. Roushdi
5450332 5452352
Notes : you can book for conference in CIB Bank http://www.cibeg.com
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