to be widely found. A quick way to appreciate this is to enter the words 'Cairo bank' in the search engine Google. With a bit of luck, a Google map should also appear along with the search results, showing where all the banks and their branches are located. There are a lot of them! The intricate and interlinked world of finance is fairly incomprehensible to most of us, whether we live and work in the UK or in Egypt. We make use of a bank because it's a safe and convenient place in which to put our hard-earned salary or savings. We also want to be able to take money out as and when we need to. In order to do this, we'll need to open a bank account. Of course, we might already have a bank account in the UK or wherever which can also be used while living and working in Egypt . If so, it should provide a convenient vehicle for managing all your financial needs. If you don't have such an account, opening a bank account in Egypt ought to be relatively straightforward. You'll be required to produce some official documentation to prove who you are. The most important piece of documentation, naturally, will be your passport. You'll also need to take along your work visa and residence certificate. While not absolutely necessary, it'll probably help your cause if you provide a letter from your UK bank and maybe a recent statement or two. Some passport-sized