ECRA

ECRA is the Egyptian Credit and Risk Association, a not-for-profit, member-driven body for credit and risk professionals in Egypt. It describes itself as the first association of its kind formed in Egypt to bring these professionals together. It works with the CBE and EFSA regulators, offering recommendations to improve credit and risk practice.

What ECRA does

• Training and workshops: training programmes, workshops and research for credit and risk staff.
• Conferences and seminars: salons, seminars, meetings and networking outings for members.
• Financial tools guidance: information on leasing, factoring, mortgage and insurance.
• Regulatory input: sends recommendations to the regulators on how credit and risk are managed.
• Member committees: committees through which members take part in the association's work.

Who it works with

Credit and risk professionals in Egypt's financial services sector, and the lenders and borrowers whose markets they work in.

Key facts

• Based in: Egypt
• Status: not-for-profit, member-driven association