{
  "id": 4025608,
  "title": "A Core Egyptian Bank Gets Caught Up in Treasury’s Iran Crackdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/a-core-egyptian-bank-gets-caught-up-in-treasurys-iran-crackdown",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T19:56:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "WSJ Markets",
    "slug": "wsj-markets",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/a-core-egyptian-bank-gets-caught-up-in-treasurys-iran-crackdown-bb867772?mod=rss_markets_main"
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  "summary": "The U.A.E. branch of Banque Misr, Egypt’s second largest bank, faces penalties for alleged dealings with Tehran.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "US Treasury imposes limits on Egyptian bank for doing business with Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/us-treasury-imposes-limits-on-egyptian-bank-for-doing-business-with",
        "published": "2026-08-28T14:00:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Bloomberg",
        "title": "US Moves Against Egyptian Bank’s UAE Branches Over Iran Ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/us-moves-against-egyptian-banks-uae-branches-over-iran-ties",
        "published": "2026-08-28T14:48:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "US Treasury targets Egyptian bank's UAE branches over Iran dealings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/us-treasury-targets-egyptian-banks-uae-branches-over-iran-dealings",
        "published": "2026-08-28T15:03:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "Treasury moves to sanction UAE branch of Egyptian bank over Iran ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/treasury-moves-to-sanction-uae-branch-of-egyptian-bank-over-iran-ties",
        "published": "2026-08-28T16:28:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "US sanctions Bank Misr branch in UAE over Iran ties; Egypt's central bank responds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/us-sanctions-bank-misr-branch-in-uae-over-iran-ties-egypts-central",
        "published": "2026-08-28T16:55:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "Trump administration targets Egyptian bank’s UAE branches in fresh push to isolate Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/trump-administration-targets-egyptian-banks-uae-branches-in-fresh",
        "published": "2026-08-28T20:21:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "US Treasury sanctions Hong Kong-based firm over Iran money laundering ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/us-treasury-sanctions-hong-kong-based-firm-over-iran-money-laundering",
        "published": "2026-08-28T22:14:19.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}