# Crédit Libanais

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/credit-libanais
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-03
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Crédit Libanais — official](https://www.creditlibanais.com.lb/)

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1961

## Overview

**Crédit Libanais** is **Lebanese commercial bank** + **EuroMTF: CRDL** + **Lebanese retail + institutional + foreign investors free float** + **one of Lebanon's largest commercial banks by assets** + **founded 1961 in Beirut Lebanon as Crédit Libanais Lebanese commercial bank operating amid ongoing Lebanese banking + economic crisis since 2019** <sup>[1][1], [Lebanon report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/LB)</sup>.

## History

**1961 — Crédit Libanais SAL founded in Beirut Lebanon as Crédit Libanais Lebanese commercial bank** 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 — Crédit Libanais Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Crédit Libanais SAL** (Lebanese commercial bank; EuroMTF: CRDL).

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

**Regulators**: **Banque du Liban BdL + national regulators across 7+ countries**.

## Technical integration

Crédit Libanais Mobile app (iOS + Android) + creditlibanais.com.lb online + Crédit Libanais branch network across Lebanon + Cyprus + Bahrain + Iraq + Canada + Senegal + Gabon international branches + Crédit Libanais 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](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/byblos-bank) (Byblos Bank; BSE: BYB; Lebanese commercial bank; Lebanon's third-largest commercial bank by assets) + [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 SAL; Lebanese commercial bank) + [BankMed](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bankmed) (BankMed; Lebanese commercial bank) + [Banque Libano-Française (BLF)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banque-libano-francaise) (Banque Libano-Française BLF; Lebanese commercial bank) + [Société Générale de Banque au Liban (SGBL)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/sgbl-lebanon) (Société Générale de Banque au Liban SGBL; Lebanese commercial bank) + [BBAC (Bank of Beirut and the Arab Countries)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bbac-lebanon) (BBAC; Lebanese commercial bank).

**Regulators**: Banque du Liban BdL + national regulators across 7+ countries.

## Status

**Crisis-active, Lebanese commercial bank + EuroMTF:CRDL + Lebanese retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of Lebanon's largest commercial banks by assets + founded 1961 in Beirut Lebanon as Crédit Libanais Lebanese commercial bank operating amid ongoing Lebanese banking + economic crisis since 2019** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.creditlibanais.com.lb/ "Crédit Libanais — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cr%C3%A9dit_Libanais "Crédit Libanais — Wikipedia"
[lb-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/LB

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

## Source

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