2014
On September 1st, Banque Libano-Française and the Lebanese banking sector lost Farid Raphaël, founder of Banque Libano-Française and its Chairman General Manager from 1979 to 2014.
Mr. Raphaël was Minister of Finance, Justice and Telecommunications of the Lebanese Republic from 1976 until 1979 and President of the Association of Banks in Lebanon between 1997 and 2001.
On the other hand, BLF opened three new branches, in Kantari, Hadat and Hazmieh - Mar Takla, expanding its local network to 54 branches. It also launched a new generation of deposit ATMs offering clients the opportunity to deposit cash or checks at any time.
In February, the Air France KLM - Banque Libano-Française program was recognized by Visa as the best co-branded program for 2013. In September, BLF won the "Driving Financial Inclusion" award from MasterCard during the MasterCard Innovation Forum 2014 held in Singapore in the presence of 350 MasterCard partners.
In October, BLF signed the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) embracing a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labor standards, environment and anti-corruption. It also prepared a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) action plan based on the guidelines of the ISO 26000.
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