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A family gathers around a father on one ALEXBANK billboard. On another, a hand holds up an iPhone with an ALEXBANK Visa card on screen. Both belong to the bank’s outdoor campaign in Egypt, and each speaks to a different moment in a customer’s life. The Max III certificate offers a fixed annual return of 18.25%, paid monthly. The Apple Pay message shows cardholders how the card they already carry can travel with them on their phone.

The line connecting the two appears in small type on both boards: «مستشارك في القرار الصح», or “Your adviser in making the right decision.” On the savings billboard, that decision concerns money a customer can set aside for three years. On the Apple Pay billboard, it could be as immediate as the next purchase. Giving each message its own space lets ALEXBANK speak about both decisions in language that fits the occasion.

Max III Gives the Monthly Payout a Place in the Family Budget

ALEXBANK has led with a percentage outdoors before. Its earlier pink billboard campaign in Cairo put 21% in front of commuters. This time, the words around the number deserve as much attention as the figure itself. The Max III board specifies a three-year certificate with a fixed return, while the red panel carries 18.25% alongside the bank’s claim that it offers Egypt’s highest return paid monthly.

“Monthly” does much of the selling here. The percentage tells a saver the annual rate. The payment schedule tells a family when the interest reaches its account, something it can factor into a household budget. That gives the family photograph a purpose beyond making the bank look approachable. The offer also has a specific audience: ALEXBANK lists a minimum deposit of EGP 1 million for Max III. It is a detail that matters once a roadside impression becomes a product enquiry.

Apple Pay Starts With the Card Customers Recognise

The Apple Pay billboard opens with a different kind of proposition. Its Arabic headline tells customers their iPhone can now serve as their ALEXBANK card. On the handset, the Visa card is still recognisably the bank’s own, right down to its signature design and the final digits on display. Beneath it, a blue check mark and the word “Done” show the moment a customer would want to recognise at checkout.

The choice of language is particularly effective for roadside banking advertising. “Your iPhone” and “your card” are familiar terms, even to someone who has never used Apple Pay. The message starts with what the customer already owns. It leaves the practical steps of adding a card to the point when someone has their phone in hand and time to act.

Across Egypt’s roads, the campaign gives people different reasons to remember the same bank. A prospective saver has a rate and a payout schedule to ask about. An existing cardholder has a new way to pay. Either billboard makes sense to someone who sees it alone. On both, the name beneath the ALEXBANK signature identifies the wider banking group it belongs to: Intesa Sanpaolo.

For details on the campaign’s placements, formats and media plan, contact Monitoring Out of Home (MOOH), the media intelligence service covering Cairo and Dubai.