The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority outlined how it is using digitisation and fintech regulation to expand access to non-banking financial services across financing, capital markets and insurance, highlighting electronic onboarding and digital contracting as core enablers for wider distribution and remote servicing. The Authority described an integrated model built around electronic identity verification, digital contracts, and linking identity data to mobile phone numbers, alongside requirements for scalable platform infrastructure and cyber protections. It pointed to uptake metrics following these efforts, including more than 200,000 new gold investment fund accounts in one year with investments exceeding EGP 2 billion, annual new capital market investors rising from about 25,000 to more than 350,000 in 2022 and 270,000 in 2023, and listed-market capitalisation increasing from around EGP 400 billion in August 2022 to EGP 2.4 trillion at the time of the remarks. The update also recapped the existing fintech rulebook for non-banking activities, including licensing and operational requirements, detailed rules on technology infrastructure, digital identity and digital records, an outsourcing register for fintech service providers, and a 2025 decision requiring insurers and licensed non-banking financial institutions using fintech, as well as registered outsourcing providers, to verify customers’ national ID and mobile-number ownership and screen relevant lists at contract signing or renewal via the FRA’s electronic linkage system. On next steps, the Authority indicated it is preparing rules to regulate digital platforms that facilitate investment in real estate investment funds, starting with issuing the regulation for real estate investment funds. It also reported work on a new close-out netting law to set out how contracts are settled if a party becomes insolvent, intended to support broader participation by banking and non-banking institutions in exchange-traded derivatives with clearer legal mechanisms.
Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority 2025-06-25
Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority sets out fintech regulation agenda and signals forthcoming rules for real estate fund platforms and close-out netting
The Egypt Financial Regulatory Authority is using digitisation and fintech regulation to improve access to non-banking financial services, focusing on electronic onboarding and digital contracting. Achievements include growth in gold investment fund accounts, capital market investors, and listed-market capitalisation. The Authority is developing regulations for digital platforms in real estate investment funds and a new close-out netting law for exchange-traded derivatives.