Lebanon · Financial institution
Bankmed,sal
Legal name in the LEI recordبنك البحر المتوسط ش.م.ل
Bankmed SAL is a Lebanese joint-stock bank with its head office at Bankmed Center, Clemenceau Street, Beirut. It is registered with the Commercial Register of Beirut under No. 5261 and is No. 22 on the Banque du Liban list of banks. According to the bank, it is owned by GroupMed Holding SAL. It was established in 1944 and provides consumer, business, treasury and investment services.
Licences and registrations
Held by the legal entity, not by this BIC
This BIC is mapped to LEI 21380033UO9CD6G1C848 (بنك البحر المتوسط ش.م.ل) in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. The legal entity’s page is Bankmed SAL, Iraq (MEDLIQBA). None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
The Swift name for this BIC differs from the legal name in GLEIF.
Licences belong to the legal entity. Each applies in the country of the regulator that granted it, not to every BIC that carries the LEI.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- MEDLLBBXXXX 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 MEDLLBBX directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- 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
- 2018-04-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
GroupMed Holding SAL
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Bankmed
- Standing
- Bankmed reports one overseas branch, in the Dubai International Financial Centre. Since 7 March 2021 the Dubai Financial Services Authority has restricted that branch from soliciting new business or entering into new transactions.
- Ownership
- The bank names GroupMed Holding SAL as its owner, and GroupMed also sits on its board of directors.
- Direct parent
- GroupMed Holding SAL, Lebanon
- Head office
- Bankmed Center, 482 Clemenceau Street, 2022 9302 Beirut, Lebanon
- Company register
- Commercial Register of Beirut No. 5261; Banque du Liban list of banks No. 22
- Former name
- Banque de la Méditerranée S.A.L.
Business lines
Bankmed's website is organised into business, consumer and investor services. It lists 20 local branches, 65 local ATMs and one overseas branch in Dubai.
Online
- Websites & references
- bankmed.com.lb ↗
onlinebanking.bankmed.com.lb ↗ online banking portal
ekyc.bankmed.com.lb ↗ e-KYC onboarding portal
bankmedyouthprogram.com ↗ youth programme site
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- bankmed.com.lb/
- bankmed.com.lb/content/about/bank-profile.aspx
- bankmed.com.lb/content/corporate-governance/executive-management.aspx
- bankmed.com.lb/content/corporate-governance/board-of-directors.aspx
- bankmed.com.lb/content/about/highlights.aspx
- bankmed.com.lb/content/news/detail.aspx?subsid=266&cid=100
- bankmed.com.lb/content/news/detail.aspx?subsid=268&cid=98
- dfsa.ae/public-register/firms/bankmed-sal
- almodon.com/politics/2025/08/21/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%82-%D9%85%
- yasour.org/730940
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankmed
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Michel Accad Executive General Manager
- Chair
- Raya Haffar El Hassan Chairman
- Chief financial officer
- Abdellatif Sidani AEGM - Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
- Tania Moussallem AEGM - Chief Operating Officer
- Executive
- Nadine Makhoul Chief Risk Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Lebanon
- Banque du Liban Central bankForeign exchangeOther
- Lebanon
- Banking Control Commission of Lebanon Prudential supervisor
- Lebanon
- Special Investigation Commission AML supervisor
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Investigation
The Cassation Public Prosecution questioned the bank's chair as a defendant over USD 5 million reported missing from client accounts and released her on a residence bond.
almodon.com ↗ -
Investigation
Beirut's acting first investigating judge heard the bank's chair as a witness in an inquiry into reported unauthorised withdrawals from a client's accounts.
yasour.org ↗
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
- MEDLLBBXXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- MEDLBank
- LBCountry · Lebanon
- BXLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- 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 registers
- 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 Bankmed S.A.L group has 5 institutions in the directory, in 5 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Banque des Monts Blancs SA.
See the Bankmed 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
- GROUP MEDITERRANEE BLDG. 482 RUE CLEMENCEAU RIAD EL SOLH KANTARI BEIRUT 2022 9302 11-348 LEBANON
- Operational address
- GROUP MEDITERRANEE BUILDING 2022 CLEMENCEAU STREET KANTARI BEIRUT BEIRUT BEIRUT POB 11-348 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>MEDLLBBXXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>21380033UO9CD6G1C848</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>MEDLLBBXXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>21380033UO9CD6G1C848</LEI>
<Nm>BANKMED,SAL</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BEIRUT</TwnNm>
<Ctry>LB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>GROUP MEDITERRANEE BLDG. 482 RUE CLEMENCEAU RIAD EL SOLH KANTARI</AdrLine>
<AdrLine>BEIRUT 2022 9302 11-348</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.
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