- Business
- EFG Holding S.A.E. (EFGZF) operates as a leading financial services holding company headquartered in 6th of October City, Egypt, and founded in 1984, providing a comprehensive range of investment banking, non-bank financial services, and commercial banking products across the Middle East, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South Asia. Through its primary divisions—EFG Hermes (investment bank), EFG Finance (non-bank financial institutions), and BANK NXT (commercial bank)—the company offers securities brokerage for institutions, high-net-worth individuals, and retail investors including online trading, margin lending, and SWAP/P-Note products; investment banking services encompassing equity and debt capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, merchant banking, and advisory; asset management products such as mutual funds, fixed-income, equity, alternative investments, and Shariah-compliant mandates; private equity in sectors like energy, healthcare, and education; top-ranked research coverage on over 150 MENA companies and 11 key Arab economies; commercial banking solutions; and non-bank finance including microfinance via Tanmeyah, consumer finance and securitization via Valu, factoring and leasing via EFG CorpSolutions, mortgage finance via Bedaya, insurance via Kaf, payments via PayTabs Egypt, financial technology via EFG EV Fintech, micro-VC, B2B marketplace, and invoice trading via Fatura. EFG Holding maintains a direct presence in eight countries including Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan, Kenya, Nigeria, UK, US, and Bangladesh, serving sovereign wealth funds, endowments, corporations, financial institutions, SMEs, entrepreneurs, and individual clients with over 4,500 employees from 25 nationalities. In recent developments, the company changed its name from EFG-Hermes Holding S.A.E. to EFG Holding Company S.A.E. in July 2023 to reflect its evolution into a universal bank in Egypt; EFG Finance approved the acquisition of Fatura, a B2B invoice trading platform, from MaxAB-Wasoko; Valu, its consumer finance arm, listed on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) in 2025 with Amazon as an investor while EFG Finance retained a 67% stake; and the group reported robust 2Q2025 results with net profit after tax of EGP802 million, revenues up 21% year-over-year to EGP6.1 billion driven by EFG Finance growth including Valu up 71%, alongside sustained leadership in MENA brokerage market share.