Group overview
FRANSABANK traces its direct lineage to one of the earliest banks established in Lebanon: Crédit Foncier d’Algérie et de Tunisie, which inaugurated a branch in Beirut in 1921.
Over the decades, the bank has evolved into a comprehensive banking and financial group, encompassing a wide array of specialized subsidiaries. These subsidiaries operate across retail banking, project studies, financing structuring, investment banking, leasing, bancassurance, and real estate sectors.
Today, FRANSABANK Group has an established presence in Lebanon, France, Sudan, Ivory Coast, and Algeria.
Beyond its direct establishments, FRANSABANK boasts an extensive network of correspondents, including most of the world’s major international banks.
The Group’s financial strength, dynamism, and modern approach provide robust support for the accelerated and sustainable growth of its subsidiaries.
Shareholding of Fransabank SAL:
- CEDARS I: 39.81%
- CEDARS II: 39.81%
- Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG): 5.00%
- Al-Fadl Holdings Limited – Saudi Arabia: 2.70%
- Wafra International Investment Co. (KSCC): 2.00%
- Others (less than 2% each): 10.68%
Fransabank SAL encompasses around twenty subsidiaries and affiliated companies specializing in banking, commerce, real estate, insurance, and services.
Fransabank Group maintains close and strategic relationships with its institutional shareholders:
Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG) – Germany:
DEG, now a subsidiary of Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), one of Germany’s largest development and investment banks wholly owned by the German government, holds a 5% stake in Fransabank SAL’s capital.
Wafra International Investment Co. (KSCC) – Kuwait:
Wafra International Investment Co. holds a 2% stake in Fransabank SAL’s capital.
Groupe BPCE – France:
In July 2007, the Groupe Caisse d’Epargne, through Financière Océor, entered into a partnership with Fransabank to support the implementation of Fransabank Group’s international expansion strategy. As part of this collaboration, Financière Océor—now known as BPCE International—acquired a 21% stake in Fransabank (France) SA, the French subsidiary of Fransabank Group.
In August 2009, the Groupe Caisse d’Epargne merged with the Banque Fédérale des Banques Populaires to form BPCE, now the second-largest banking group in France.
Fransabank Group maintains close and strategic relationships with its institutional shareholders:
Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG) – Germany:
DEG, now a subsidiary of Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), one of Germany’s largest development and investment banks wholly owned by the German government, holds a 5% stake in Fransabank SAL’s capital.
Wafra International Investment Co. (KSCC) – Kuwait:
Wafra International Investment Co. holds a 2% stake in Fransabank SAL’s capital.
Groupe BPCE – France:
In July 2007, the Groupe Caisse d’Epargne, through Financière Océor, entered into a partnership with Fransabank to support the implementation of Fransabank Group’s international expansion strategy. As part of this collaboration, Financière Océor—now known as BPCE International—acquired a 21% stake in Fransabank (France) SA, the French subsidiary of Fransabank Group.
In August 2009, the Groupe Caisse d’Epargne merged with the Banque Fédérale des Banques Populaires to form BPCE, now the second-largest banking group in France.
Fransabank International Presence
Lebanon
FRANSABANK SAL
Fransabank Center, Hamra Street, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107 2803
Tel: (+961) 1 340180/8 | (+961) 1 745761/4 | (+961) 3 650700
Fax: (+961) 1 354572
SWIFT: FSA BL BB
Email: fsb@fransabank.com
Website: www.fransabank.com
Algeria
Résidence des Pins, Building A, Lot No. 994, Section No. 04, Cheraga, Algiers
Tel: (+213) 021 999 200
Fax: (+213) 021 999 207
SWIFT: FSBKDZAL
Email: info@fransabank.dz
France
FRANSABANK (France) SA
104, Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris
Tel: (+33-1) 53 76 84 00
Fax: (+33-1) 45 63 57 00
SWIFT: FRAF FR PP
Email: info@fransabank.fr
Ivory Coast
Fransabank SAL
Building Acacias, 3rd Floor, Boulevard Clozel, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Tel: (+225) 57 07 42 75
Sudan
United Capital Bank
Plot 411, Square 65, Mamoun Beheiry Street, South of Green Square (North of Al Salam Rotana Hotel), Khartoum, P.O. Box 8210, Al Amarat, Sudan
Tel: (+249) 183 247700
Fax: (+249) 183 235000
SWIFT: CBSK SD KH
Email: Kamal@bankalmal.com
Website: www.bankalmal.com / www.capitalbank-sudan.com\