Société Générale's mid-summer swoop to take control of the state's remaining shares in Misr International Bank (MIBank) showed that business confidence remains strong in Egypt's latest phase of reforms, less than a month before an unusual contested presidential election and only weeks after terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh.
SocGen, which has an €14 billion loan portfolio in emerging markets, beat French rival BNP Paribas to take a 67.9% stake. It said it planned to bid for more MIBank shares, to take its stake to between 75% and 100%. The purchase already makes SocGen Egypt's biggest private lender, with some 50,000 existing retail customers and 800 corporate clients.
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