FBME Bank
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| Private Company | |
| Industry | Banking, Financial services |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Headquarters | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
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Area served
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Cyprus Russia Tanzania |
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Key people
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A-F M Saab Chairman F M Saab Managing Director |
| Products | Credit cards, consumer banking, corporate banking, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, wealth management |
| Total assets | US$2.716 billion (TZS:4.4 trillion) (Q3:2013) |
| Subsidiaries | FBME Card Services |
| Website | www.fbme.com |
FBME Bank was an international commercial bank. It offered commercial banking services and products to corporate and individual clients. Its traditional banking lines included international payment services, multi-currency account, credit facilities, trade finance, forex trading facilities, internet banking and international card services. FBME services clients worldwide.
As of September 2013[update], FBME was the largest commercial bank in Tanzania, with a total asset base valued at approximately US$2.716 billion (TZS:4.4 trillion), with shareholders' equity of approximately US$179.63 million (TZS:291 billion).
The bank was founded in 1952 in Lebanon, as the Federal Bank of Lebanon SAL. In 1982 Federal Bank of the Middle East was established in Cyprus as a subsidiary of the Federal Bank of Lebanon SAL. In 1986 Federal Bank of the Middle East changed its country of incorporation to the Cayman Islands and its banking presence in Cyprus was transformed to that of a branch of the Cayman Islands entity. Since 1993 it has maintained a Representative Office in Moscow.
In 2003, as part of its strategic planning, Federal Bank of the Middle East terminated its banking presence in the Cayman Islands and established its parent company and operational headquarters in Tanzania. At the same time, its Cyprus operations became a branch of Federal Bank of the Middle East, Tanzania.
In 2005 the Federal Bank of the Middle East Changed its name to FBME Bank. FBME Card Services Limited (FBMECS) was incorporated in 2002 and in 2004/5 took over the Card Services operations of FBME Bank.
In 2014 the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury, which collects financial transactional data and information in order to combat domestic and international money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes, accused FBME which operates primarily in Cyprus, of facilitating financial transactions for multinational organised crime organizations and Hezbollah. The Central Bank of Cyprus took over management of the bank and appointed Mr. Dinos Christofides as administrator, who was later replaced by Andrew Andronicou and thereafter the latter replaced by Chris Iacovides.
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