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Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

List of banks

Central bank

Banque du Liban Banque du Liban (BdL, ar, مصرف لبنان, English: Bank of Lebanon) is the central bank of Lebanon. It was established on August 1, 1963, and became fully operational on April 1, 1964. It is currently headed by Riad Salameh. One of the ma ...

(BDL)

List of Banks

Lebanese based banks sorted by their significant presence domestically and overseas: *

Bank Audi Bank Audi (Arabic: بنك عودة, previously Bank Audi- Saradar) is a Lebanon-based universal bank and financial services company headquartered in Beirut, offering financial products and services in personal banking, business banking, private ban ...

Byblos Bank Byblos Bank (abbreviated as BYB) is a Lebanese bank established in 1963 and headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon. It is the country’s third largest bank by assets. It is one of the Alpha banks in Lebanon, along with Banque Libano-Française S.A.L. ...

Bank of Beirut Bank of Beirut (Arabic: بنك بيروت, not to be confused with Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries) is a commercial bank in Beirut, Lebanon. Bank of Beirut was founded in 1963 as Realty Business Bank S.A.L. and in 1970, changed its name to ...

Bank of Beirut and Arab Countries 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 ...

* BankMed * Banque Libano-Française *

BLOM Bank BLOM BANK ( French: Banque du Liban et D’Outre Mer; Arabic: بنك لبنان والمهجر) is a Lebanese bank established in 1951 and has been frequently selected as the Best Bank in Lebanon by the most recognized regional and international ...

BSL Bank The Bank of Syria and Lebanon, from 1919 to 1924 ''Banque de Syrie'', from 1924 to 1939 ''Banque de Syrie et du Grand-Liban'', then ''Banque de Syrie et du Liban'' (BSL) from 1939 to 1963, was a French bank that was carved out from the Imperial ...

Cedrus Bank Cedrus Bank (part of the Cedrus Group) is a Lebanese bank founded in 2015, which caters to individuals and businesses in Lebanon and the region. On March 3, 2018, ''Cedrus Invest Bank'' announced the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank in Leb ...

Creditbank Creditbank S.A.L is a Lebanese bank established in 1981 as Crédit Bancaire by Joseph Khalifé and Isaac Wimett. The acquisition of Crédit Lyonnais s.a.l in 2002 prompted the bank to change its name to Creditbank s.a.l. Recording an average a ...

* Crédit Libanais * First National Bank *

Fransabank 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 ...

Intercontinental Bank of Lebanon (IBL) Intercontinental Bank of Lebanon (IBL Bank, Arabic: انتركونتيننتال لبنان) one of the financial banks in Lebanon, established in 1961 as ''Development Bank SAL (بنك الإنماء)''. In September 1998, the majority of the b ...

Lebanon and Gulf Bank Bank of Lebanon and the Gulf (LGB Bank SAL, Arabic: بنك لبنان والخليج) is one of the financial banks of Lebanon. it was established in 1963, and was then named (Bank of Credit Agricole). In 1980 the name was changed to (Lebanon and Gu ...

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 Ban ...

* Société Générale de Banque au Liban (SGBL) *

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 t ...

* AM Bank (Al-Mawarid Bank) *

Lebanese Canadian Bank The Lebanese Canadian Bank (LCB), now defunct, was a bank based in Beirut in Lebanon, which maintained a network of 35 branches in Lebanon and a representative office in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The bank was established in 1960 as Banque des Activ ...

Jammal Trust Bank Jamal Trust Bank (JTB, Arabic: جمّال ترست بنك) was a Lebanese bank founded in 1963, which was forced to close under US sanctions in 2019 for "helping to fund" the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement in Lebanon. JBL had 25 branches in Le ...

* CSCBank *

Intra Bank Intra Bank (also known as Banque Intra or بنك انترا) was a Lebanese bank, and the largest financial institution in Lebanon until its collapse in 1966. Foundation and rise of the bank The bank was founded in 1951 by Yousef Beidas and th ...

Fenicia Bank Phoenicia () was an ancient thalassocratic civilization originating in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean, primarily located in modern Lebanon. The territory of the Phoenician city-states extended and shrank throughout their histor ...

Foreign banks

Citi Citigroup Inc. or Citi (stylized as citi) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services corporation headquartered in New York City. The company was formed by the merger of banking giant #Citicorp, Citicorp and financial ...

Arab Bank Arab Bank is one of the largest financial institutions in the Middle East, founded in 1930 in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, as the first private sector financial institution in the Arab world. Headquartered today in Amman, Jordan, it serves c ...

Banca di Roma UniCredit Banca di Roma S.p.A. was an Italian bank based in Rome, Lazio region. It was a subsidiary of UniCredit Group. In 2010 the subsidiary was absorbed into the bank, but retained as a registered trademark. In 2008 the bank had 1533 branches: ...

* National Bank of Kuwait (Lebanon)

Closed banks

Al-Madina Bank Al-Madina Bank (Arabic: بنك المدينة) was a Lebanese bank that was seized by the Banque du Liban and closed completely in 2003 because of its mysterious case of suspicion in money laundering, corruption and fraud. The main figure in the sc ...

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Banking in Lebanon
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Banks 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. Becaus ...