# Fransabank

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

Specifications:
- [Fransabank — official](https://www.fransabank.com/)

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1921

## Overview

**Fransabank** is **Lebanese commercial bank** + **one of Lebanon's largest commercial banks by assets** + **Kassar family Lebanese founding family controlling minority + Lebanese institutional + foreign investors free float** + **founded 1921 as Banque Pharaon et Chiha then 1979 Fransabank rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [Lebanon report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/LB)</sup>.

## History

**1921 — Banque Pharaon et Chiha founded in Beirut Lebanon**.

**1979 — Banque Pharaon et Chiha renamed Fransabank**.

**2014 — Fransa Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Fransabank** (Lebanese commercial bank; Kassar family controlling).

**Major shareholders**: **Kassar family Lebanese founding family controlling minority + Lebanese institutional + retail + foreign investors free float**.

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

## Technical integration

Fransa Mobile app (iOS + Android) + fransabank.com online + Fransabank branch network across Lebanon + Algeria + France + Cyprus + Libya + Syria + Iraq international branches + Fransabank 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) + [BLOM Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/blom-bank) (BLOM Bank Banque du Liban et d'Outre-Mer; BSE: BLOM; Lebanese commercial bank) + [Byblos Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/byblos-bank) (Byblos Bank; BSE: BYB; Lebanese commercial bank) + [Bank of Beirut](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bank-of-beirut) (Bank of Beirut; BSE: BOB; 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 7+ countries.

## Status

**Active, Lebanese commercial bank + one of Lebanon's largest commercial banks by assets + Kassar family Lebanese founding family controlling minority + Lebanese institutional + foreign investors free float + founded 1921 as Banque Pharaon et Chiha then 1979 Fransabank rebrand** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

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

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

## Source

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