Strategic Relations & Finance Programs Group

To market and provide exclusive services
to strategic clients, donor programs and funds

Strategic Relations

SR&FPG was created in 1988 mainly to serve strategic customers and market finance and donor programs. This special group is deposit gathering driven offering preferential interest rates and a tailor-made services package to each of its customers specifically designed to cater for their unique needs and requirements. SR&FPG handles more than 170 accounts grouped under five major sectors:

1. Embassies and Diplomatic Missions
2. Multinational Companies
3. Development Organizations and Donor Programs
4. International Airline and Courier Companies
5. International education Institutions

A group of dedicated officers to answer queries and handle unique requirements are always available. Tailored packages include the following services with both special fee structure and handling procedures by

• Cheque issuance and clearing
• Global and national money transfers
• Providing foreign currency for sale and services proceeds
• Staff pay roll packages
• Special pension services and investments
• Branch coordination and timely enquiry handling
• Issuance of L/Gs and L/Cs
• Staff Loans and Credit Card issuance
• e-banking

Donor and Finance Programs

CIB has pioneered a unique Fund Management Unit "FMU" within its banking system to handle donor funds with the utmost efficiency. The FMU has its own dedicated permanent staff and is fully automated and equipped to perform delegated duties by the fund owner. Some of the services rendered by the FMU are:

• Fund Administration
  • Complete fund administration
  • Loan application processing
  • Disbursement mechanisms engineering
  • Periodical funds status statements and full reporting servcies
  • Management and control of financial institution participation in the credit system
  • Monitoring compliance to guidelines by both participant financial institutions and borrowers
  • Investigate deviations
  • Full transaction accountability
• Optimum Fund Investment and monitoring solutions
  • Secure investment of unutilized funds so as to optimize yield within the parameters approved by the fund owner and within sound banking practices
  • Promote the fund to end-users
  • secure project assessment
  • Follow up and impact monitoring
  • Fund promotional activities in accordance with fund requirements
  • undertake any other tasks relating to the credit system as requested by the owner

Advertising and Foreign Publication Relations

SR&FPG currently handles all foreign publication advertising, preparing conferences, functions and special promotional events for CIB. The purpose of this is to maintain CIB's corporate image as the leading and largest private sector bank in Egypt as well as to ensure full awareness of our corporate identity