BSL Bank

Overview

BSL Bank is Lebanese commercial bank + Lebanese retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of Lebanon's mid-sized commercial banks + founded Aug 21 1951 in Beirut Lebanon as Banque de la Bekaa then BSL Bank rebrand operating amid ongoing Lebanese banking + economic crisis since 2019 ^{1, Lebanon report}.

History

Aug 21 1951 — Banque de la Bekaa founded in Beirut Lebanon as Lebanese commercial bank.

BSL Bank rebrand consolidating Banque de la Bekaa distinctive Lebanese banking heritage.

Oct 17 2019 — Lebanese banking + economic crisis triggers Lebanese commercial banking sectoral collapse with capital controls + Lebanese Pound LBP currency collapse + Banque du Liban BdL Ponzi scheme allegations.

2014 — BSL Mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: BSL Bank Banque de la Bekaa SAL (Lebanese commercial bank).

Major shareholders: Lebanese retail + institutional + foreign investors free float.

Regulators: Banque du Liban BdL.

Technical integration

BSL Mobile app (iOS + Android) + bslbank.com online + BSL Bank branch network across Lebanon + BSL Visa + Mastercard cards; EMVCo QRCPS QR payments + Lebanese Pound LBP + US Dollar USD domestic transfers (amid Lebanese banking + economic crisis since 2019).

Implementations & partners

Major Lebanese banking + payments competitors: Byblos Bank (Byblos Bank; BSE: BYB) + Bank of Beirut (Bank of Beirut; BSE: BOB) + Fransabank (Fransabank SAL) + BankMed (BankMed) + Société Générale de Banque au Liban (SGBL) (SGBL) + Banque Libano-Française (BLF) (Banque Libano-Française BLF) + Crédit Libanais (Crédit Libanais) + BBAC (Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries) (BBAC) + IBL Bank (IBL Bank) + Banque BEMO (Banque BEMO) + Bank of Lebanon and Investments (BLI) (BLI).

Regulators: Banque du Liban BdL.

Status

Crisis-active, Lebanese commercial bank + Lebanese retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of Lebanon's mid-sized commercial banks + founded Aug 21 1951 in Beirut Lebanon as Banque de la Bekaa then BSL Bank rebrand operating amid ongoing Lebanese banking + economic crisis since 2019 ^{1, 2}.

Sources

• 1 BSL — official
• 2 BSL — via Lebanese banks list — Wikipedia
• ^{Lebanon report} In-corpus: reports/countries/LB-lebanon.md

Source

Biography extracted from bsl-bank-lebanon.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.