The total financial position of banks reached EGP 2,846bn in 2015/2016 compared to EGP 2,199bn in 2014/2015, an increase of 29.4%, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS). A recent report issued by the agency on the annual bulletin of statistics and financial indicators for banks, insurance, currency exchange, and brokerage companies in 2015/2016 showed that the value of banks' (public and private) deposits and current accounts reached EGP 2,116bn in 2015/2016 compared to EGP 1,734.2bn in 2014/2015, an increase of 22.0%. Financial investments value reached EGP 1,283.6bn in 2015/2016 compared to EGP 1,016bn in 2014/2015, an increase of 26.3%. This increase is due to increased investments available. CAPMAS noted that the value of cash balances reached EGP 456.5bn in 2015/2016 compared to EGP 321.8bn in 2014/2015, an increase of 41.9%. The increase is due to an increase in bank balances. As for insurance companies (public and private), their total financial position reached EGP 65.8bn in 2015/2016 compared to EGP 59.9bn in 2014/2015, an increase of 10%. The value of investments reached EGP 57.1bn in 2015/2016 compared to EGP 52.5bn in 2014/2015, an increase of 8.9 %. Moreover, the value of net premiums reached EGP 13.2bn in 2015/2016 compared to EGP 11.7bn in 2014/2015, an increase of 13.6 %. CAPMAS also pointed out that the value of net compensations reached EGP 7.6bn in 2015/2016 compared to EGP 6.5bn in 2014/2015, an increase of 18.1%.
