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Libyan Foreign Bank

Libyan banking institution based in Tripoli1

Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB) was established in 1972 in Tripoli, Libya as Libyan Arab Foreign Bank; it was renamed Libyan Foreign Bank in 2005. It was Libya's first offshore banking institution licensed to operate internationally. The Central Bank of Libya owns 100% of LFB.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1972Founded1
  • Industryfinance1
  • HeadquartersTripoli1
  • Websitewww.lfbank.ly
  • Legal formJOINT STOCK COMPANY3
  • LEI549300WH9RIN045SG7703
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressDAT ELMAD ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLEX, TOWER NO. 2, 22131 Tripoli, Libya3

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Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB) was established in 1972 in Tripoli, Libya as Libyan Arab Foreign Bank; it was renamed Libyan Foreign Bank in 2005. It was Libya's first offshore banking institution licensed to operate internationally. The Central Bank of Libya owns 100% of LFB. The head office is located in Libya's capital Tripoli.2

Corporate structure

Libyan Foreign Bank sits at the top of its group. 7 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Libyan Foreign Bank Tripoli, Libya
    • Banque tuniso-libyenne Tunis, Tunisia
    • Aresbank Subsidiary · Madrid, Spain
    • ALUBAF ARAB INTERNATIONAL BANK Subsidiary · Manama, Bahrain
    • ALUBAF International Bank Tunis Subsidiary · Tunis, Tunisia
    • ARAP TÜRK BANKASI ANONİM ŞİRKETİ Subsidiary · İstanbul, Turkey
      • A&T FİNANSAL KİRALAMA ANONİM ŞİRKETİ Subsidiary · Istanbul, Turkey

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Libyan Foreign Bank reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

LFB provides services and operations to facilitate international trade, money flows for investment and payment, and loans to government and official institutions as well as to the private sectors. Its international services comprise insurance and confirmation of letters of credit, creation of acceptance credits, and supply of foreign exchange. In its 2007 ranking of Africa's Top 100 Banks, the magazine African Business placed LAFB at number ten for Africa as a whole and fourth in the North Africa region. They went on to say that the ranking of the Libyan Foreign Bank may actually be understated, given that the most up-to-date figures available for the bank were two years older than those of many of its North African rivals. It offers corporate banking services like offering short, medium, syndicate and long-term loans.

Alubaf International Bank is a subsidiary. Its Tunisia branch was named in three rounds of U.S. sanctions.

From Wikipedia’s article on Libyan Foreign Bank, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

Subsidiaries (GLEIF)

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. 1972Founded Founded1

Sources

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