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Fransabank S.A.L.
Fransabank (Arabic: فرنسبنك ) is one of the oldest banks in Lebanon. Today, Fransabank Group has a consolidated presence in eight countries: Lebanon, France, Algeria, Sudan, Belarus, Iraq, UAE (Abu Dhabi) and in Ivory Coast. The Group also ranks first in terms of local branch network with 125 branches strategically spread all over the country. History In 1921, the Bank opened as a branch of Crédit Foncier d'Algérie et de Tunisie (CFAT). In 1963, the bank was renamed to the new name of ''Société Centrale de Banque'', and in 1971 was purchased by Banque Française pour le Moyen-Orient SAL (BFMO), a Lebanese banking company. After numerous mergers with other Lebanese banks, in 1982 the bank was renamed Fransabank. See also * BankMed * Banque Libano-Française * Crédit Libanais * Saradar Bank * Société Générale de Banque au Liban (SGBL) * Lebanese Swiss Bank * List of banks in Lebanon This is a list of banks in Lebanon. List of banks Central bank * Banque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not (unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states, and therefore have associations and formal designations which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation (though a corporation need not be a public company), in the United Kingdom it is usually a public limited company (plc), i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banks Established In 1921
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because banks play an important role in financial stability and the economy of a country, most jurisdictions exercise a high degree of regulation over banks. Most countries have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking, under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure liquidity, banks are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, the Basel Accords. Banking in its modern sense evolved in the fourteenth century in the prosperous cities of Renaissance Italy but in many ways functioned as a continuation of ideas and concepts of credit and lending that had their roots in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Banks In Lebanon
This is a list of banks in Lebanon. List of banks Central bank * Banque du Liban (BDL) List of Banks Lebanese based banks sorted by their significant presence domestically and overseas: * Bank Audi * Byblos Bank * Bank of Beirut * Bank of Beirut and Arab Countries * BankMed * Banque Libano-Française * BLOM Bank * BSL Bank * Cedrus Bank * Creditbank * Crédit Libanais * First National Bank * Fransabank * Intercontinental Bank of Lebanon (IBL) * Lebanon and Gulf Bank * Saradar Bank * Bank of Beirut * Société Générale de Banque au Liban (SGBL) * Lebanese Swiss Bank * AM Bank (Al-Mawarid Bank) * Lebanese Canadian Bank * Jammal Trust Bank * CSCBank * Intra Bank * Fenicia Bank Foreign banks * Citi * Arab Bank * Banca di Roma * National Bank of Kuwait (Lebanon) Closed banks * Al-Madina Bank See also * Economy of Lebanon * List of banks in the Arab world External links Banking in Lebanon {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Banks In Lebanon Banks Lebanon Business in Leba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese Swiss Bank
Lebanese Swiss Bank SAL (abbreviated as LSB) is a Lebanon, Lebanese financial institution established in 1962 and headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon. LSB offers various banking products and services covering Retail, Corporate, and Private Banking to a diversified client base. History Lebanese Swiss bank was originally licensed in the early 1962 in Lebanon. In 1973, it was acquired by Credit Suisse, Zurich which controlled 99.01 percent of shares operating under the name of Credit Suisse (Moyen-Orient) SAL. Years later in 1988 the bank’s shares were acquired by a group of Lebanese investors and businessmen and the name was changed to Lebanese Swiss Bank SAL. Sabbah was appointed Chairman of the Board and General Manager. Currently Lebanese Swiss Bank has 18 local brancheshttp://www.lebaneseswissbank/Branches.aspx with its Head Office in Hamra area. References Banks established in 1962 Banks of Lebanon 1962 establishments in Lebanon Companies based in Beirut External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Société Générale De Banque Au Liban
Societe Generale de Banque au Liban S.A.L. (SGBL, Arabic: بنك سوسيتيه جنرال في لبنان), founded in 1953, is a Lebanese bank. It is a subsidiary of SGBL Group, which operates in Lebanon, and offers banking services in the Middle East (Lebanon, Jordan), the Gulf (United Arab Emirates) and Europe (Cyprus, France and Monaco). SGBL offers a range of banking services to individuals and companies Antoun Sehnaoui is the company's Chairman, CEO and main shareholder. The other main shareholders are Kafinvest Holding Lebanon Company SAL, Société Générale (France) and NSKINV Ltd. Société Générale (France) holding In 2020, local reports verified that Société Générale (France) did not divest from its holding in SGBL after an allegation that SGBL is a "troubled and mismanaged bank." Société Générale (France) had set aside provisions to compensate for the downgrade in Lebanon's credit rating for the previous fiscal year because the downgrade caused a decrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saradar Bank
Saradar Bank (Arabic: بنك موقع) is a Lebanese bank, licensed by the Banque du Liban, previously known as ''Audi-Saradar Bank'' during the merging with Bank Audi from 2004 till 2016. There is very little information known about Saradar Bank before 2004, but it was known that it was established in 1948 by the businessman Marius Saradar, and was entirely owned by the family, most likely for the purpose of managing the family's money. History On February 1, 1948, the bank was established by Marius Saradar, and was entirely owned by the family, most likely for the purpose of managing the family's money. In 2002, the Banque Libano-Française initiated a failed negotiated with the management of Saradar Bank to purchase its shares. On March 29, 2004, Bank Audi and Bank Saradar signed an agreement to merge the two banks in a deal valued at that time $159 million, thus the new group became known as Bank Audi Saradar. In May 2016, Saradar Bank was reborn, after Mario Saradar's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Credit Libanais
Credit Libanais (Arabic: بنك الاعتماد اللبناني) is a Lebanese bank, established in 1961. Having originated with one branch in Riad El Solh Square, today the Bank is headquartered in Adlieh and has a wide network of branches in Lebanon, Cyprus, Bahrain, and Senegal. Credit Libanais operates as a global provider of a full range of banking products and services channeled through an extensive network of local branches and provides its customers alongside key classical banking activities, Islamic banking, insurance, leasing, real estate, tourism and ticketing, debt collection services, information technology, and advertising. History Credit Libanais SAL was established in 1961 as a Lebanese joint stock company. In 1996, the Bank issued the first Euro CDs listed on foreign stock markets. In 2005, Credit Libanais launched its Islamic banking operations through its subsidiary, the Lebanese Islamic Bank . Acquisitions Throughout its history, Credit Libanais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bankmed
Bankmed SAL (Arabic: بنك البحر المتوسط ش.م.ل; formerly ''Bankmed SAL)'' is a Lebanese bank, established in 1944, owned by the holding company ''GroupMed''. It is one of Lebanon’s top five banks by both assets and deposits, and has 36 branches in Lebanon,and one in Geneva (called ''Bankmed Suisse''). Bankmed is owned by the family of Rafic Hariri, the former prime minister and billionaire businessman who was assassinated in 2005. The bank is also the largest shareholder in Solidere, the real estate company that rebuilt Beirut's Central District after the Lebanese Civil War. In 2020, former minister Raya El Hasan was appointed as chairperson of the board after the resignation of Mohammad Hariri. Bankmed’s total assets by 2018 were $19 billion. Background Egypt-based Jordanian businessman Alaa Al Khawaja acquired the 42.24 percent stake of Ayman Hariri in GroupMed Holding which fully owns Bankmed. The other shareholders in GroupMed are Saad Hariri (42.24% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Financial Services
Financial services are the Service (economics), economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of businesses that manage money, including credit unions, banks, credit-card companies, insurance companies, accountancy companies, consumer finance, consumer-finance companies, brokerage firm, stock brokerages, investment management, investment funds, individual asset managers, and some government-sponsored enterprises. History The term "financial services" became more prevalent in the United States partly as a result of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, GrammLeachBliley Act of the late 1990s, which enabled different types of companies operating in the U.S. financial services industry at that time to merge. Companies usually have two distinct approaches to this new type of business. One approach would be a bank that simply buys an insurance company or an investment bank, keeps the original brands of the acquired firm, and adds the Takeover, acquisit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because banks play an important role in financial stability and the economy of a country, most jurisdictions exercise a high degree of regulation over banks. Most countries have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking, under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure liquidity, banks are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, the Basel Accords. Banking in its modern sense evolved in the fourteenth century in the prosperous cities of Renaissance Italy but in many ways functioned as a continuation of ideas and concepts of credit and lending that had their roots in the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011. Having emerged in the 1st century, it is named after the Arabs, Arab people; the term "Arab" was initially used to describe those living in the Arabian Peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece. Since the 7th century, Arabic has been characterized by diglossia, with an opposition between a standard Prestige (sociolinguistics), prestige language—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) or Classical Arabic—and diverse vernacular varieties, which serve as First language, mother tongues. Colloquial dialects vary significantly from MSA, impeding mutual intelligibility. MSA is only acquired through formal education and is not spoken natively. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
