UAE central bank to inspect Banque Misr branches after US sanctions

UAE central bank to inspect Banque Misr branches after US sanctions The UAE central bank said Saturday it will inspect Banque Misr’s local branches, after Washington said it would cut off the institution’s operations in the Gulf state from the US financial system as it tries to choke Iran off economically. “For Banque Misr branches in the UAE, the Central Bank has decided to conduct a special and urgent examination that includes a forensic/in-depth lookback covering the period referred to…