Egyptian banks and the stock exchange return to work after a long vacation on the occasion of Eid al-Adha and the July 23 revolution, at a time when the National Bank of Egypt and Egypt revealed that they had withdrawn cash through ATM machines with a value of Exceeded 30 billion pounds.
Yahya Aboul Fotouh, Vice President of the National Bank of Egypt, said that about 18.6 billion pounds were withdrawn from the bank's ATM machines during the period from 11 until yesterday, July 24 for about 8.6 million movements.
While Akef Al-Maghraby, Vice President of Banque Misr, said that 12 billion pounds in Banque Misr had been withdrawn from the bank's ATM machines, starting from the disbursement of salaries last July 11. And until last Friday, according to the “Amwal Al-Ghad” website.
While the head of the retail banking sector at Banque du Caire, Mohamed Tharwat, confirmed to Al-Mal newspaper, that 4 billion pounds were withdrawn from the bank's ATMs during the holiday period. Eid al-Adha.
In the context of also talking about the Eid holiday, Adel Al-Masry, head of the Chamber of Tourism Establishments and Restaurants, said that the occupancy rate of hotels reached 100% during the Eid al-Adha period, especially in The northern coast, while demand for Ain Sukhna decreases due to the high temperatures.