The founding banks were
Agra and Masterman's Bank,
La Compagnie Financière Maurice de Cattauï and the
General Credit and Finance Co., and the bank incorporated
Pastré Frères et Compagnie (est. 1821; reorganized 1827 by
Eugène Pastré) and
Giovanni Sinadino and Co., which was the only one of the four to have its seat in Egypt, in
Alexandria. The senior officials of all four firms sat on the first board of directors. In addition to its activities in Egypt, the Anglo-Egyptian opened branches in the British Mediterranean, where it frequently acted as banker to the British authorities. The Anglo-Egyptian Bank issued
banknotes for Malta in 1886. 1895, a notice signed by the secretary of the bank, William Hart, states the head office is located on
Lombard Street, London, with branches in
Alexandria,
Cairo,
Gibraltar,
Malta, and
Rue Lafayette of Paris , circa 1940 Until 1920 the
Cattauï family had a controlling interest in Anglo-Egyptian. Then in 1921
Barclays Bank initially acquired 15% of the bank before acquiring the Cattauï family's interest in 1924, which made Barclay's the majority stakeholder in Anglo-Egyptian. In 1925, Barclays Bank merged Anglo-Egyptian with
Colonial Bank and
National Bank of South Africa to form Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas). In 1956, following the Anglo-French attack on
Port Said, the Egyptian government sequestrated the 19 branches, one sub-branch, and 26 agencies in Egypt, using them to found
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