Lebanon · Financial institution
Bank Audi S.A.L.
Bank Audi S.A.L. is a Lebanese joint stock company (société anonyme libanaise) headquartered in Beirut. It traces its origins to 1830 and was incorporated in its present form in 1962. Its common shares and Global Depositary Receipts are listed on the Beirut Stock Exchange, and FRH Investment Holding SAL is the largest shareholder at 12.25%. The bank offers corporate, commercial, retail and private banking and has subsidiaries in France, Switzerland, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. It completed the sale of its Turkish subsidiary Odeabank to ADQ Financial Services in March 2025.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- AUDBLBBXXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under AUDBLBBX directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 1994-06-06
- Last updated
- 2024-04-10
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Publicly listed
Ticker AUDI
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as Bank Audi
- Ownership
- The shares are widely held, and FRH Investment Holding SAL is the largest holder with 12.25% of common shares as at 31 March 2026.
- Major shareholders
- FRH Investment Holding SAL 12.25% · 31 Mar 2026
Sheikh Dheyab Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan 7.96% · 31 Mar 2026
Al-Hobayb Family 6.05% · 31 Mar 2026
Audi Family 5.01% · 31 Mar 2026 - Stock listing
- Beirut Stock Exchange AUDI
- Head office
- Bank Audi Plaza, Omar Daouk Street, Bab Idriss, 2021 8102 Beirut, Lebanon
- Company register
- 11347, Beirut Commercial Registry (Lebanese List of Banks no. 56)
- Name in the local language
- بنك عوده ش م ل
Business lines
According to its corporate profile, the bank's business covers commercial and corporate, retail and personal and private banking. As at end-June 2026 it had 38 branches in Lebanon.
Online
- Websites & references
- bankaudigroup.com ↗
bankaudi.com.lb ↗ Lebanon customer website (personal, business and private banking)
careers.bankaudi.com.lb ↗ careers site
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗ · TikTok ↗
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- bankaudigroup.com/group/about-the-group/corporate-profile
- bankaudigroup.com/group/investor-relations/ownership-and-board-of-directors
- bankaudi.com.lb/about-the-bank/about-us/management
- bankaudigroup.com/group/newsroom/press-releases/new-chair-of-the-board
- bankaudigroup.com/group/home
- bankaudi.com.lb/
- bankaudi.com.lb/about-the-bank/about-us/worldwide-correspondents
- bankaudigroup.com/group/newsroom/press-releases/sale-of-odeabank-stake
- bankaudi.com.lb/english/newsroom/press-releases/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B9%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B6%D
- bankaudi.com.lb/english/newsroom/press-releases/bank-audis-views-on-ifcs-proceedings-before-the-english-h
- thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/08/11/lebanese-judge-slaps-new-charges-on-former-bank-chief-riad-salameh/
- occrp.org/en/news/lebanon-issues-new-charges-against-former-central-bank-chief-riad-salame
- today.lorientlejour.com/article/1467746/settlement-reached-between-bank-audi-and-ifc.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Audi
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Khalil I. El Debs
General Manager and Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
-
Sherine R. Audi
Chair of the Board of Directors
- Chief financial officer
- Elias L. Abousleiman Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Hassan A. Saleh Deputy Chief Executive Officer
- Executive
-
Farid F. Lahoud
Chief Compliance and Governance Officer; Secretary of the Board
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Lebanon
- Banque du Liban (Central Bank of Lebanon) Central bank
- Lebanon
- Banking Control Commission of Lebanon Prudential supervisor
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Investigation
A Lebanese judge charged former chair Samir Hanna and former central bank governor Riad Salameh with embezzlement, money laundering, bribery and illicit enrichment.
thenationalnews.com ↗ -
Leadership
The bank announced the resignation of chair Samir Hanna. The board elected Sherine R. Audi as chair on 13 January 2026.
bankaudigroup.com ↗ -
Other
L'Orient-Le Jour reported that the bank had reached a settlement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) over its London High Court claim.
today.lorientlejour.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The bank completed the sale of its stake in its Turkish subsidiary Odeabank A.S. to ADQ Financial Services LLC.
bankaudigroup.com ↗ -
Investigation
Judge Ghada Aoun filed charges against the bank in a file linked to Optimum. The bank attributed the charges to its refusal to hand over documents.
bankaudi.com.lb ↗ -
Other
The IFC and an affiliated fund filed claims in the English High Court seeking full repayment of two subordinated loans signed in March 2014.
bankaudi.com.lb ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- AUDBLBBXXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- AUDBBank
- LBCountry · Lebanon
- BXLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300EC11JZQNA37K65
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Lebanon · Middle East & North Africa
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- Targeted listings only OFAC
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Bank Audi S.A.L. group has 5 institutions in the directory, in 5 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Bank Audi France, Audi Global Markets LTD, Bank Audi LLC, Banque Audi (Suisse) SA.
See the Bank Audi S.A.L. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- AUDI PLAZA OMAR DAOUK STREET BAB IDRISS BEIRUT 2021 8102 11-2560 LEBANON
- Operational address
- AUDI PLAZA OMAR DAOUK STREET BAB IDRISS BEIRUT 2021 8102 BEIRUT POB 11-2560 LEBANON
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>AUDBLBBXXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300EC11JZQNA37K65</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>AUDBLBBXXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300EC11JZQNA37K65</LEI>
<Nm>BANK AUDI S.A.L.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BEIRUT</TwnNm>
<Ctry>LB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>AUDI PLAZA OMAR DAOUK STREET BAB IDRISS BEIRUT 2021 8102 11-2560</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: bankaudigroup.com (official website) · original; Khalil I. El Debs: bankaudi.com.lb (official website) · original; Sherine R. Audi: bankaudigroup.com (official website) · original; Farid F. Lahoud: bankaudi.com.lb (official website) · original.
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