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This is a list of banks in Lebanon.
Lebanese based banks sorted by their significant presence domestically and overseas:
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Banque du Liban is the central bank of Lebanon. It was established on August 1, 1963, and became fully operational on April 1, 1964. In 2023, Wassim Mansouri stepped up as interim governor of the Banque du Liban after Lebanon failed to name a successor to Riad Salameh, whose term finished in July 2023.
The lira or pound is the currency of Lebanon. It was formerly divided into 100 piastres but, because of high inflation during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), subunits were discontinued.
Bank of Beirut is a zombie 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 the current name. In 1993, a group of bankers and businessmen headed by Salim Sfeir, the current chairman and CEO, acquired the five-branch bank, which ranked 35 out of the 71 banks operating that year, and in 1997, Bank of Beirut was listed on the Beirut Stock Exchange. Since the beginning of the financial crisis in Lebanon in October 2019, this bank has and continues to wrongfully withhold funds for depositors and in collaboration with the political elites of Lebanon is transferring funds they have amassed in the biggest Ponzi scheme ever.
Riad Toufic Salameh is a Lebanese economist. He previously served as governor of Lebanon's central bank, Banque du Liban, from April 1993 until July 2023. He was appointed Governor by decree, approved by the Council of Ministers for a renewable term of six years. He was reappointed for four consecutive terms; in 1999, 2005, 2011 and 2017. Riad Salameh left his position on 31 July 2023 upon the end of his term, and due to the Lebanese parliament’s failure in electing a new president and forming a new government capable of appointing a successor he was succeeded by his first deputy Wassim Mansouri in an acting capacity
Bank Audi is a Lebanon-based universal bank and financial services company headquartered in Beirut, offering financial products and services in personal banking, business banking, private banking and Treasury and Capital Markets segments.
Société Bancaire du Liban S.A.L. (former Banque Zilkha) was a Lebanese bank, founded in 1958, and headquartered in Sassine square, Achrafieh, Beirut. The bank was founded by the Bashi and Lawi families. On 31 December 2002, the bank merged into First National Bank SAL.
BLC Bank SAL (BLC:LB) is a Lebanese financial institution offering banking, insurance and asset management services. BLC Bank subsidiaries are BLC Finance SAL and BLC Services SAL.
Byblos Bank 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 Audi, BLOM Bank, and Fransabank, which are its main competitors. As at 31 July 2018, it operates 88 branches in Lebanon.
The Lebanese Canadian Bank, 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 Activities Economiques SAL and was a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Canada Middle East from 1968 to 1988, when it became a privately owned Lebanese bank. LCB provided corporate, retail, and investment products, and maintained extensive correspondent accounts with banks worldwide, including several U.S. financial institutions. In 2009, LCB's total assets were worth more than $5 billion.
Banque Libano-Française is a Lebanese bank holding number 10 on Banque du Liban List of Banks. It was established as a joint stock company in 1967. Its head office is located at the Beirut Liberty Plaza Building, Hamra District, Beirut, Lebanon. It is one of the leading banks in Lebanon and an important participant in the Lebanese economy.
BLOM BANK is a Lebanese bank established in 1951 and headquartered in Beirut. Providing banking services such as "commercial, corporate, private, investment, retail, Islamic banking, asset and wealth management, capital market services, and insurance products," BLOM Bank is one of Lebanon's largest banks and has its shares listed on the Beirut Stock Exchange and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
Sheikh Boutros el-Khoury was a Lebanese businessman, banker and industrialist. A successful self-made man, Khoury managed to build a large commercial and industrial empire, and was one of Lebanon's most well-established businessmen from the 1950s to the 1970s. Khoury was an important figure of the Lebanese ruling elite in the second half of the 20th century. He played a decisive role in the development of economic legislation, and used his expertise in the resolution of several major national crises.
Joumana Bassil Chelala is the Deputy General Manager and head of Group Consumer Banking at Byblos Bank S.A.L., Lebanon’s third largest listed bank. She was featured on Forbes Middle East’s list of Most Powerful Arab Women in 2014, 2015, and 2017, and was featured on the magazine’s 2018 lists of the Middle East’s Most Influential Women and the top 15 Most Powerful Lebanese businesswomen. She also sits on the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture of Beirut and Mount Lebanon.
Antoun Sehnaoui is a Lebanese banker and film producer, He is the chairman of the board of the SGBL Group, comprising the Société Générale de Banque au Liban (SGBL), the Société Générale de Banque in Jordan (SGBJ) and financial company Fidus Wealth Management. He is also the chairman of the board of the Compagnie Financière Richelieu, a European banking group comprising Banque Richelieu France, Banque Richelieu Monaco and Richelieu Gestion. He is also a member of the board of the Lebanese Banking Association, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries s.a.l is a Lebanese commercial bank that was established in 1956. With its headquarters located in Clemenceau, Beirut, it is among the top ten banks in Lebanon, with a total capital of 157 billion LBP. It provides a wide range of services to individuals and corporations, including private banking, corporate and commercial banking, trade finance, retail banking, treasury and capital markets, and bank assurance.
Bank of Lebanon and the Gulf is one of the financial banks of Lebanon. it was established in 1963, and was then named. In 1980 the name was changed to, after the ownership of its shares was transferred to a new group of Lebanese businessmen.
Societe Generale de Banque au LibanS.A.L., 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, the Gulf and Europe.
Saadeh Al Shami is an economist, academic and Lebanese politician who has been serving as the deputy prime minister in the cabinet led by Najib Mikati since 10 September 2021.
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 Ottoman Bank following World War I and granted a central banking role in what would become Syria and Lebanon under French mandate and in the early years of the two countries' independence.
