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title: "Banque Richelieu Gcc Limited SWIFT/BIC code LIBLAEAAXXX · United Arab Emirates | Elucidate"
description: "Licensed in the United Arab Emirates: Financial Firm; Private Company Limited By Shares (Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), ADGM). SWIFT/BIC code…"
url: https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa
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![Banque Richelieu GCC logo](https://elucidate.co/images/banks/27/27e393bae78670c0.webp)

United Arab Emirates · Money service business

# Banque Richelieu Gcc Limited

Banque Richelieu GCC Limited is a private company limited by shares registered in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). The ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) granted it Financial Services Permission 160022 in July 2017. The permission covers accepting deposits, providing credit, custody, asset management, and currency exchange and money remittance. Société Générale de Banque au Liban SAL (SGBL) is its direct parent, and the firm describes itself as a sister company of Group Banque Richelieu. It offers private banking and wealth management to professional clients and market counterparties only, and was named Liberty International Bank Limited until 2019.

Register status

Licensed in the United Arab Emirates

Financial Firm; Private Company Limited By Shares · Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), ADGM

Prudential licence

[1 licence or registration ↓](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#licences)

BIC **LIBLAEAAXXX** LEI **[549300IK95C59T7Z9K45](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300IK95C59T7Z9K45)** [Licence no. **160022**](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#licences) Connected to Swift [**1** branch code](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#branches) [Group: Societe Generale de Banque Au Liban SAL](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/54930005YI2KEYKV5523) [Claim this profile](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#claim)

## Licences and registrations

Held by Banque Richelieu Gcc Limited (LEI 549300IK95C59T7Z9K45). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.

| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [FSRA Public Register - Firms](https://elucidate.co/directory/register/fsra-firms) Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), ADGM Linked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | Financial Firm; Private Company Limited By SharesMoney Transmitter / Remittance | 160022 | [United Arab Emirates](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ae) | Active | 2017-07-25 | — | - Money remittance - Currency exchange | [Search the register ↗](https://www.adgm.com/public-registers/fsra) |

-   Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC.
-   Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
-   Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
-   The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.

## Swift network

Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory

- **BIC:** LIBLAEAAXXX head office
- **Connection to Swift:** Connected to Swift
- **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:** [1 branch code](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#branches)
- **BIC first registered:** 2017-05-13
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-14

## Overview

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#overview-sources)

Customers

Not published

Employees

Not published

Ownership

Group subsidiary

Société Générale de Banque au Liban SAL

Firm type

Other

Trades as Banque Richelieu GCC

- **Standing:** The firm opened in 2017 as Liberty International Bank Limited and was renamed Banque Richelieu GCC Limited in 2019. Its FSRA permission is shown as active.
- **Ownership:** Société Générale de Banque au Liban SAL (SGBL) of Beirut is the direct and ultimate accounting parent according to the LEI record, and SGBL describes the firm as its ADGM subsidiary.
- **Direct parent:** [Société Générale de Banque au Liban SAL](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-generale-de-banque-au-liban-s-a-l-sglilbbx), Lebanon
- **Head office:** 23rd floor, Al Sila Tower, Abu Dhabi Global Market Square, Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- **Company register:** ADGM Registration Authority 000000479
- **Incorporated:** 29 Mar 2017
- **Former name:** Liberty International Bank Limited

### Online

- **Websites & references:** [banquerichelieugcc.com ↗](https://banquerichelieugcc.com/)
- **Official social accounts:** [LinkedIn ↗](https://www.linkedin.com/company/banque-richelieu/) · [Instagram ↗](https://www.instagram.com/banque_richelieu/) · [YouTube ↗](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdz1WMoFhaY5CQTPgOSmFQ)

Sources · 9 pages consulted

1.  [adgm.com/public-registers/fsra/firms/financial-firms/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-160022](https://www.adgm.com/public-registers/fsra/firms/financial-firms/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-160022)
2.  [banquerichelieugcc.com/](https://banquerichelieugcc.com/)
3.  [banquerichelieugcc.com/terms-and-conditions/](https://banquerichelieugcc.com/terms-and-conditions/)
4.  [banquerichelieugcc.com/governance-and-management/](https://banquerichelieugcc.com/governance-and-management/)
5.  [banquerichelieugcc.com/presentation/](https://banquerichelieugcc.com/presentation/)
6.  [banquerichelieugcc.com/services/](https://banquerichelieugcc.com/services/)
7.  [sgbl.com/english/who-we-are/history-and-timeline](https://www.sgbl.com/english/who-we-are/history-and-timeline)
8.  [sgbl.com/english/who-we-are/about](https://www.sgbl.com/english/who-we-are/about)
9.  [lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/549300IK95C59T7Z9K45](https://lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/549300IK95C59T7Z9K45)

## Authorisation

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#overview-sources)

- **Operates under:** Its own licences

The FSRA grants the firm a Financial Services Permission covering accepting deposits, providing credit, managing assets, custody, dealing in investments as agent, and currency exchange and money remittance. A condition on the permission bars it from dealing with retail clients.

| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), Abu Dhabi Global Market United Arab Emirates | Financial Services Permission (includes Accepting Deposits, Providing Credit, Currency exchange and Money Remittance, Managing a Collective Investment Fund) | 160022 | In its own name | Active | [adgm.com ↗](https://www.adgm.com/public-registers/fsra/firms/financial-firms/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-160022) |

Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.

## Partners and safeguarding

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#overview-sources)

- **Safeguarding:** Not disclosedThe firm takes deposits under its own FSRA permission and does not publish a separate safeguarding arrangement.
- **Payment schemes and card networks:** Swift Direct

Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.

## Products and markets

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#overview-sources)

-   Lending
-   FX conversion
-   International money transfer

It offers deposits, private banking lending, custody, discretionary and advisory portfolio management and fund structuring to high-net-worth individuals, family offices and institutions classed as professional clients or market counterparties.

It operates from ADGM in Abu Dhabi and says it serves clients across the region and beyond. Its FSRA permission bars it from dealing with retail clients.

- **Sells to:** Other · Enterprises · Financial institutions
- **Serves customers in:** United Arab Emirates

## Leadership

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#overview-sources)

- **Chief executive:** Georges Saghbini Director & CEO Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [banquerichelieugcc.com ↗](https://banquerichelieugcc.com/governance-and-management/)
- **Chair:** Antoun Sehnaoui Chairman of the Board of Directors Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [banquerichelieugcc.com ↗](https://banquerichelieugcc.com/governance-and-management/)
- **Executive:** Jean-Louis Mattei Independent Director; Chairman of the Audit Committee Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [banquerichelieugcc.com ↗](https://banquerichelieugcc.com/governance-and-management/)
- **Executive:** Ishak Mazen Hanna Independent Director; Chairman of the Risk and Remuneration Committees Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [banquerichelieugcc.com ↗](https://banquerichelieugcc.com/governance-and-management/)
- **Executive:** Tarek Chehab Non-Executive Director Confirmed 29 Sep 2026 · [banquerichelieugcc.com ↗](https://banquerichelieugcc.com/governance-and-management/)

## Recent events

Researched 29 Sep 2026 · [Sources](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#overview-sources)

1.  Mar 2026

    Licence

    The FSRA added Managing a Collective Investment Fund to the firm's permission, effective 23 March 2026.

    [adgm.com ↗](https://www.adgm.com/public-registers/fsra/firms/financial-firms/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-160022)

Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.

## Identifiers

Head-office record

- **BIC:** LIBLAEAAXXX
- **How the BIC breaks down:** 1. LIBL Bank 2. AE Country · United Arab Emirates 3. AA Location 4. XXX Branch · head office
- **Branch description:** Not recorded in the directory
- **LEI:** 549300IK95C59T7Z9K45
- **LEI record:** [View on GLEIF ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/549300IK95C59T7Z9K45)
- **Licence no. · FSRA-FIRMS:** 160022
- **How the LEI was matched:** BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file. Register entry: Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address.
- **Register-entry ID:** 290288397d4f

## Profile

- **Type:** Money service business
- **Regulation:** Prudential licence
- **Register licences:** [1 entry on 1 register](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa#licences)
- **Activities:** - Money remittance - Currency exchange
- **Licensed in:** [United Arab Emirates](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ae)
- **Country · region:** United Arab Emirates · 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:** No country programme

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.

## Ownership and group

GLEIF relationship records

- **Direct parent:** [Societe Generale de Banque Au Liban SAL](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-generale-de-banque-au-liban-s-a-l-sglilbbx) · Lebanon[54930005YI2KEYKV5523 ↗](https://search.gleif.org/#/record/54930005YI2KEYKV5523)

The Societe Generale de Banque Au Liban SAL group has 5 institutions in the directory, in 4 countries: all hold a BIC.

Including [Societe Generale Bank - Cyprus Limited](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-generale-bank-cyprus-limited-sogecy2n), [Banque Richelieu France](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-france-kblxfrpp), [Richelieu Gestion](https://elucidate.co/directory/richelieu-gestion-rififrp1), [Societe Generale de Banque Au Liban S.A.L.](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-generale-de-banque-au-liban-s-a-l-sglilbbx).

[See the Societe Generale de Banque Au Liban SAL group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/54930005YI2KEYKV5523)

Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.

## Addresses

- **Registered address:** AL SILA TOWER 23 FLOOR 23 9 ABU DHABI GLOBAL MARKET SQUARE ABU DHABI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- **Operational address:** AL SILA TOWER FLOOR 23 ABU DHABI GLOBAL MARKET SQUARE ABU DHABI ABU DHABI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

## 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

```xml
<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>LIBLAEAAXXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>549300IK95C59T7Z9K45</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

```xml
<FinInstnId>
  <BICFI>LIBLAEAAXXX</BICFI>
  <LEI>549300IK95C59T7Z9K45</LEI>
  <Nm>BANQUE RICHELIEU GCC LIMITED</Nm>
  <PstlAdr>
    <TwnNm>ABU DHABI</TwnNm>
    <Ctry>AE</Ctry>
    <AdrLine>AL SILA TOWER 23 FLOOR 23 9 ABU DHABI GLOBAL MARKET SQUARE ABU DHABI</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.

## Network

### Branch codes

| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [LIBLAEAAAGM](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-gcc-limited-liblaeaa-agm) | ADGM | Abu Dhabi | AL SILA TOWER FLOOR 23 ABU DHABI GLOBAL MARKET SQUARE ABU DHABI ABU DHABI UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | — | 2019-02-23 |

[See every BIC in United Arab Emirates →](https://elucidate.co/directory/country/ae#bics)

## Related institutions

### Same group

-   [Societe Generale Bank - Cyprus Limited BIC SOGECY2N Credit institution Prudential licence Cyprus · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 213800P1P13ABO5R9V78](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-generale-bank-cyprus-limited-sogecy2n)
-   [Banque Richelieu France BIC KBLXFRPP Credit institution Prudential licence France · On the ECB list of supervised entities · LEI 549300KGF2GKSYXF4A43](https://elucidate.co/directory/banque-richelieu-france-kblxfrpp)
-   [Richelieu Gestion BIC RIFIFRP1 Financial institution Not on a tracked register France · Not on a tracked register · LEI 969500ZKXE1NM0UBUP47](https://elucidate.co/directory/richelieu-gestion-rififrp1)
-   [Societe Generale de Banque Au Liban S.A.L. BIC SGLILBBX Financial institution Not on a tracked register Lebanon · Not on a tracked register · LEI 54930005YI2KEYKV5523](https://elucidate.co/directory/societe-generale-de-banque-au-liban-s-a-l-sglilbbx)

[All 5 institutions in the Societe Generale de Banque Au Liban SAL group →](https://elucidate.co/directory/group/54930005YI2KEYKV5523)

### Other money service businesses in the United Arab Emirates

-   [Al Ahalia Money Exchange Bureau No BIC Money service business Prudential licence United Arab Emirates · Licensed by Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) · 03.01.03.057.1996.01 (CBUAE-EB) · LEI 254900MJYQF6VB3E2G67](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-ahalia-money-exchange-bureau-e7f9f8390642)
-   [Al Amal Express Exchange No BIC Money service business Prudential licence United Arab Emirates · Licensed by Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) · 03.01.02.106.2013.02 (CBUAE-EB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-amal-express-exchange-ccfa7097b2a1)
-   [Al Ansari Exchange L.LC. No BIC Money service business Prudential licence United Arab Emirates · Licensed by Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) · 03.01.03.002.1981.01 (CBUAE-EB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-ansari-exchange-l-lc-8838e0d53405)
-   [Al Bader Exchange No BIC Money service business Prudential licence United Arab Emirates · Licensed by Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) · 03.01.03.038.1989.01 (CBUAE-EB) · LEI 984500067EFDEF707C27](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-bader-exchange-f16e0cba6b48)
-   [Al Dahab Exchange No BIC Money service business Prudential licence United Arab Emirates · Licensed by Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) · 03.01.03.070.2001.02 (CBUAE-EB) · LEI 984500SDB92D39928F63](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-dahab-exchange-7f4aa816b8b6)
-   [Al Dhahery Money Exchange No BIC Money service business Prudential licence United Arab Emirates · Licensed by Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) · 03.01.02.031.1982.02 (CBUAE-EB) · LEI 9845004D13E2B5D0F784](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-dhahery-money-exchange-9ec9ee3d1ab1)
-   [Al Fardan Exchange L.L.C No BIC Money service business Prudential licence United Arab Emirates · Licensed by Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) · 03.01.03.001.1981.01 (CBUAE-EB) · No LEI mapped](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-fardan-exchange-l-l-c-884ced6bbcf4)
-   [Al Ghurair Exchange (L.L.P) No BIC Money service business Prudential licence United Arab Emirates · Licensed by Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) · 03.01.03.021.1982.02 (CBUAE-EB) · LEI 984500657910AACFW473](https://elucidate.co/directory/al-ghurair-exchange-l-l-p-4451ba33977d)

[See all →](https://elucidate.co/directory/search?type=msb&cc=AE)

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Sources & method

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Credits for this page

-   **FSRA Public Register - Firms**—Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), ADGM · [register ↗](https://www.adgm.com/public-registers/fsra) as at 25 September 2026
-   **Ownership and group**—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
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