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Lebanon IBAN

LB·LBP

By Awais ImranUpdated October 18, 2026IBAN formats match the SWIFT IBAN RegistryOur methodology

A Lebanon IBAN is 28 characters long.

LB and two check digits open every Lebanon IBAN; its remaining 24 form the BBAN (Basic Bank Account Number). Transfers into Lebanon arrive in LBP over SWIFT.

Example Lebanon IBAN

Electronic format

LB62099900000001001901229114

Print format

LB62 0999 0000 0001 0019 0122 9114

IBAN structure for Lebanon

Country code

LB

Check digits

62

Bank code

0999

Account number

00000001001901229114

Total length28 characters

Major banks in Lebanon

4 banks in Lebanon that support IBAN-based international transfers:

B

Bank Audi

B

Byblos Bank

F

Fransabank

B

Blom Bank

Format reference: SWIFT IBAN Registry.

Lebanon IBAN questions

What counts as fresh money in Lebanon?

Under Basic Decision 13548 as amended on 21 January 2026, fresh money means funds transferred from abroad or received as foreign-currency banknotes after 17 October 2019, plus banknotes paid into new Lebanese pound accounts meeting Basic Circular 150's conditions. Foreign-currency deposits outside that definition follow separate repayment schemes, such as Basic Circular 166.

Is a balance with a Lebanese payment app protected like a bank deposit?

No. BdL's Basic Decision 13790 of 9 January 2026 says a payment account is used only for payments and is not a deposit account of any kind, so its holder is not covered by the National Deposit Guarantee Institution. Electronic payment providers need a BdL licence, including for cross-border money transfers, and must display their BdL number.

Is Lebanon on the FATF grey list?

Yes. Lebanon committed to work with the FATF and MENAFATF in October 2024 and was still on the FATF's list of jurisdictions under increased monitoring in June 2026. The FATF does not ask for enhanced due diligence on listed countries and says remittances should be neither disrupted nor discouraged; BdL cites delisting as an aim of its cash rules.

Lebanon: fresh money accounts under Banque du Liban circulars

Since the 2019 crisis, Lebanon's central bank has treated new money apart from older deposits. Basic Circular 150 of 9 April 2020 exempts banks from mandatory placements at Banque du Liban (BdL) on funds transferred from abroad, or paid in as foreign banknotes, after that date, provided owners can use them freely, including for transfers abroad, cash withdrawals and card payments. Banks track these funds in a special account or sub-account.

The exemption survives if the owner converts the funds into another foreign currency or moves them to another bank in Lebanon, provided the move passes through a foreign correspondent bank. Under an article last amended on 8 May 2026, each bank must keep cash equal to all its foreign-currency fresh money, held by the bank itself, with correspondents abroad or in its fresh money account at BdL.
Basic Circular 165 of 19 April 2023 created a separate settlement channel: banks and finance companies in BdL's payment systems had to open dedicated Lebanese pound and US dollar accounts at BdL by 10 May 2023, used only for fresh money e-banking transfers, cheques, direct debits and credit transfers. Fresh money cheques carry the digit 9 in their clearing code.
Under Basic Decision 13769 of 14 November 2025, as amended in 2026, exchange institutions, finance companies, comptoirs and licensed electronic payment providers must complete a know-your-customer form for any cash transaction of USD 1,000 or more, electronic money transfers included. Since 21 January 2026, banks must take a Cash Transaction Slip for daily cash deposits of USD 10,000 or more.

Sources: BdL: Basic Circular 150 (Basic Decision 13217); BdL: Basic Circular 165, electronic settlement of fresh money; BdL: Basic Decision 13769, KYC form for cash transactions; BdL: Basic Circular 172, Cash Transaction Slip.