Contact Financial Holding joins securitization race: Contact Financial Holding for non-banking financial services announced the completion of a EGP 1.04 bln securitization bond issue, marking its first issue in 2024. Tharwa Securitization Company, a subsidiary of Contact executed the issuance of Contact's credit portfolio.
AA Contact Centers to acquire the rest of Gulf Customer Experience: The Board of Directors of Raya Contact Centers Company, a subsidiary of Raya Holding, has agreed to proceed with the acquisition of 15% of Gulf Customer Experience from a US investor, amounting to approximately 59,000 shares. In 2021, Raya Contact Center acquired an 85% stake in the company and plans to complete the acquisition within three years at the latest, Karim Saudi's director of investor relations told Enterprise.
Beltone and Comera partner to drive digital transformation: Beltone Financial Holding and Abu Dhabi-based Comera Financial Holding have signed a strategic partnership agreement to work together to launch payment, consumer finance, SME finance and supply chain financing solutions in Egypt and other countries in the MENA region.
Vodafone Egypt seeks to double its stake in the Basata financial technology platform: Vodafone Egypt is scheduled to increase its stake in the Basata Holding platform for financial payments, affiliated with B Investments, from the current 10% to 20%, through a capital increase. The deal is now in the process of awaiting approval from the Central Bank to proceed with it, BP said in a stock exchange disclosure (pdf), and the disclosure did not reveal any details regarding the value of the deal.
New major shareholder joins Eastern Tobacco Co.: UAE's Global Investment Holding has acquired a 30% stake in Eastern Tobacco Company in a deal that will make it the largest single shareholder in the tobacco manufacturing company and give a boost to the government's privatization program, according to a Cabinet statement issued yesterday evening. The Emirati company will pay $625 million to the Holding Company for Chemical Industries for the stake, in a deal valued at more than $2 billion.