# Byblos Bank

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/byblos-bank
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Byblos — official](https://www.byblosbank.com/)

## Key details

- **Parent:** blos Bank

## Overview

**Byblos Bank** is **BSE: BYB** + **Lebanese commercial bank** + **one of Lebanon's largest commercial banks by assets** + **Bassil family Lebanese founding family + Mediterranean Investors Group + Lebanese institutional investors controlling** <sup>[1][1], [Lebanon report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/LB)</sup>.

## History

**1950 — Société Commerciale et Agricole founded in Lebanon**.

**1963 — Société Commerciale et Agricole renamed Byblos Bank**.

**2014 — Byblos Bank mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Byblos Bank** (Lebanese commercial bank; BSE: BYB).

**Major shareholders**: **Bassil family Lebanese founding family + Mediterranean Investors Group + Lebanese institutional + retail + foreign investors free float**.

**Regulators**: **Banque du Liban BDL + national regulators across 9+ countries**.

## Technical integration

Byblos Bank mobile app (iOS + Android) + byblosbank.com online + Byblos Bank branch network across Lebanon + Cyprus + Iraq + Syria + Sudan + UAE + Belgium + France + UK international branches + Byblos Bank Visa + Mastercard cards; LB IBAN + BDL SWIFT.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Lebanese banking + payments competitors**: [Bank Audi / neo by Bank Audi](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bank-audi) (Bank Audi sal Lebanon; BSE: AUDI; Lebanese commercial bank; one of Lebanon's largest commercial banks by assets) + [BLOM Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/blom-bank) (BLOM Bank Banque du Liban et d'Outre-Mer; BSE: BLOM; Lebanese commercial bank) + [Bank of Beirut](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bank-of-beirut) (Bank of Beirut; BSE: BOB; Lebanese commercial bank) + [Fransabank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/fransabank) (Fransabank; Lebanese commercial bank) + CreditBank (Credit Bank; Lebanese commercial bank) + [BBAC (Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bbac-lebanon) (BBAC Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries; Lebanese commercial bank).

**Regulators**: Banque du Liban BDL + national regulators across 9+ countries.

## Status

**Active, BSE:BYB + Lebanese commercial bank + one of Lebanon's largest commercial banks by assets + Bassil family Lebanese founding family + Mediterranean Investors Group + Lebanese institutional investors controlling** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.byblosbank.com/ "Byblos — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byblos_Bank "Byblos — Wikipedia"
[lb-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/LB

- [1] [Byblos — official][1]
- [2] [Byblos — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Lebanon report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/LB)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/LB-lebanon.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [byblos-bank.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/byblos-bank). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.