DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates and Egyptian central banks are coordinating with regard to Banque Misr, they said on Sunday, after the US Treasury said it was cutting off all the bank’s UAE branches from dollar transactions over its dealings with Iran. Banque Misr will take all necessary measures to conduct its business as usual, the central banks said in their joint statement.

WASHINGTON: The Treasury Department is due to cut off a major Egyptian bank’s operations in the United Arab Emirates from the US financial system, an official confirmed Friday, as…

The Treasury Department said Banque Misr's UAE branches had processed over $1 billion for Iranian shadow banking networks.