U.S. targets Egyptian bank's UAE branches under new push for Iran's economic isolation PBS News Hour - The Latest By: Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Β· Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press 28 August 2026 at 21:27 Under a new rule proposed Friday by the Treasury Department, the Emirati branches of Banque Misr, Egypt's second-largest bank, would be severed from access to the U.S. financial system.