She announced General Authority for Financial Supervision About a major boom in the “installment” market in Egypt during the year 2025, as consumer financing amounts jumped to record levels.
Authority data revealed that Mobile phones It has become the main driver of this activity, with millions of citizens turning to installment companies to facilitate the purchase of their devices and paying for them at convenient intervals, which reflects Egyptian families’ increasing reliance on official financing to meet their needs.
The official statistics were as follows:
Total mobile phone financing (via installment companies): Amount: 4.6 billion pounds
Number of beneficiaries of consumer financing (under the supervision of the Financial Supervision Authority): 10.8 million customers
The total value of financing for all goods and services in 2025: 87.2 billion pounds
Growth rate in the number of customers compared to last year: 186.8%
The Authority explains that this type of financing guarantees the citizen the purchase of durable goods (such as mobile phones, electrical appliances, and cars) and the payment of their value over a period of no less than 6 months.
This system, supervised by the state, contributes to improving the standard of living of citizens, by providing legal and safe means of payment alternative to cash purchases, which pushes the wheel of trade and economic growth in the country forward.
