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1- Suitability, Transparency, Education and Awareness

    Roles and responsibilities of frontline employees
  • Gather sufficient information and records, in order to assess and ensure that the Bank’s products and services suit the client’s situation and needs, before making any recommendations about such products/services to any customer or potential customer.
  • Deal with customers in a fair, equitable and professional manner that takes into account the customer’s profile, knowledge and understanding of the transactions and their associated risks and benefits.
  • Handle with high professionalism, accuracy, and efficiency any claim made by a customer.
  • Provide customers with accurate Key Facts Statements on products and services (saving accounts, loans, packages, etc.) and visually impaired customers with an electronic version of the Key Facts Statement and of the signed contract with the Bank. Obtain the customer’s signature on the Key Facts Statement upon purchasing a product or subscribing to a service.
  • Provide all new and existing customers with a physical copy of the Rights and Duties list, and the visually impaired customers with an electronic version, explain its content and importance, before opening any account at the Bank or establishing new relationships with the clients and obtain their signature on it.
  • Disclose to customers, all relevant information especially those related to the risks that are inherent to a proposed transaction.

    Roles and responsibilities of Business Development Divisions and Support Divisions
  • Notify the customer of any key changes in the terms and conditions of any product or service he already subscribed to.
  • Set up educational and awareness programs relating to dealing with customers’ (Rights and Duties, effective implementation of the suitability principle, transparency in the relation with the clients) in the head office and branches, on websites and on any communication channel.
  • Publish and make available the Rights and Duties list throughout all communication channels adopted by BLF and LFF.
  • Set the necessary procedures for people with special needs to allow them to sign a contract with the Bank or conduct banking operations (withdrawal, deposit, transfer, etc.).
  • Enable customers with special needs in general and especially the visually impaired, to carry out their banking operations easily by securing the appropriate accesses and slopes, as well as a certain number of talking ATMs or Interactive Teller Machines.

2- Maintenance and Handling of Customers Accounts

    Roles and responsibilities of teams in charge of account maintenance
  • Set system parameters to ensure that periodic statements are issued for each account linked to a product or service, and include required data and information in accordance with the local regulations (e.g. BDL Basic Circular n° 124, addressed to Banks relating to the Credit Transparency Terms and Conditions). All means must be deployed to make sure that customers receive this periodic statement personally and with no delay.
  • Notify customers, without delay, in case of any key changes in products/services terms and conditions (e.g. interest rates, fees, and charges, etc.).
  • Inform the visually impaired clients by appropriate means, of each banking operation they perform.

3- Setting the Proper Tone at the Top

    Role and responsibility of the Board of Directors
  • Reviews and approves the “Principles of Banking and Financial Operations with Customers” policy, and makes sure that the relevant procedures and IT systems are in place to secure its proper implementation.
    Roles and responsibilities of the General Manager
  • Reviews the Customer Experience reports in accordance with the requirements of this Policy.
  • Oversees the establishment and implementation of the internal control system relating to the Customer Experience Department.
  • Promotes the importance of the Customer Experience responsibilities to all Heads of Business and ensures that their teams apply the culture of customer protection.
  • Includes this Policy in the code of conduct of the Bank.

4- Abiding by BLF Code of Conduct

    Roles and responsibilities of all employees
  • Commit to work in the best interest of their customers and be responsible for upholding financial customer protection.
  • Abide by the Bank’s principles and inform the public about the standard services to be expected.

5- Delivering Fair and Sustainable Products and Services Information Campaigns

    Role and responsibility of teams in charge of determining the fees and commissions
  • Apply fees and commissions that reflect the true value of products and services provided.

    Roles and responsibilities of the Group Communications, CSR and Customer Experience Division
  • Displays the list of fees and charges related to offered products and services in an area visible and accessible to customers.
  • Promotes an environment in which employees are free to report any reasonable concerns about any actual or potential ethical or professional conduct in violations to the laws and regulations in force as well as to the Bank’s internal policies, procedures and code of conduct.
  • Ensures that the Bank’s advertising, sales materials and procedures are neither deceptive nor likely to mislead customers. All conveyed messages should always guarantee that the information shared through them is clear, transparent and consistent.
  • Makes sure that all communication materials deliver clear, specific and simplified messages. They should be easily readable and understandable by the general public. It is the role of the Customer Experience Department in charge of customer protection to assess and review new or existing advertisements, brochures, contract samples, account statements and other documents provided to customers, in line with the set policies, procedures and regulations in force.
  • Makes sure that the brochures on products and related specifications are accessible to all customers at all branches of the Bank and via all channels of communication used by the Bank and LFF (e.g. Bank’s website, social media, etc.).

    Role and responsibility of BLF Training Academy
  • Ensures that any Bank employee who is responsible of direct selling to customers or marketing the Bank’s or LFF’s products or services, should have extensive knowledge of relevant legislative, regulatory and Bank and LFF’s internal policies and procedures requirements, as well as details of all products and services he/she promotes.

6- Management of Customers Complaints

    Roles and responsibilities of the Group Communications, CSR and Customer Experience Division
  • Develops a free, clear and efficient mechanism that enables customers to submit their complaints and guarantees a proper and timely follow-up and handling of these complaints without delay.
  • Designates specific customer support points for complaints submission and maintains up-to-date records of all received complaints.
Published on 13/12/2018, updated on 07/08/2019
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