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Commercial Bank of Syria

Bank · Sanctioned entity

Commercial Bank of Syria is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Company				[sources]
Name	Banca Comercială a Siriei · Banco Comercial de Siria · Banque Commerciale de Syrie · Banque commerciale de Syrie · COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA · 10 more...				[sources]
Other name	CBS · Commercial Bank of Syria				[sources]
Incorporation date	1959-06-04				[sources]
Legal form	Finance. State-owned				[sources]
Jurisdiction	Syria				[sources]
Country	Lebanon · Syria				[sources]
E-Mail	dir.cbs@mail.sy				[sources]
PermID	`5035756170`				[sources]
Phone	+963112216975 · +963112218890				[sources]
Registration number	`ZLTFJNQKKW56`				[sources]
SWIFT/BIC	`CMSYSYDA`				[sources]
Website	cbs-bank.sy · www.cbs-bank.sy				[sources]
Status	Active				[sources]
Address	Agence d'Alep : P.O. Box 2, Kastel Hajjarin St., Alep - SWIFT/BIC CMSYSYDA · Agence de Damas : P.O. Box 2231, Moawiya St., Damas, Syrie.- P.O. Box 933, Yousef Azmeh Square, Damas · Aleppo Branch, Kastel Hajjarin St., Aleppo, Syria · Aleppo Branch, P.O. Box 2, Kastel Hajjarin St., Aleppo · Beirut, Lebanon · 10 more...				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · permid.org · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-21	Last processed	2024-11-06	First seen	2022-04-27

Descriptions

Commercial Bank of Syria is a Syrian state-owned financial Institution. Website http://cbs-bank.sy/En-index.php; Tel: +963 11 2218890; Fax: +963 11 2216975; General management: dir.cbs@mail.sy

— Australian Sanctions Consolidated List, 2024-01-16

SWIFT/ BIC CMSYSYDA; all offices worldwide [NPWMD]

— Belgian Financial Sanctions, 2023-04-20

SWIFT/BIC: CMSYSYDA, all offices worldwide [NPWMD].

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Tel.: +963 11 221 8890, Fax: +963 11 221 6975, E-Mail General management: dir.cbs@mail.sy, Website: http://cbs-bank.sy/En-index.php.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

State-owned bank providing financial support to the regime.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

SWIFT/ BIC CMSYSYDA; all offices worldwide [NPWMD]

— EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF), 2023-04-20

banque d'État apportant un soutien financier au régime - Fax : +963 11 2216975

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Subsidiary branch called Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank is based in Beirut

— UK FCDO Sanctions List, 2024-05-09

Subsidiary branch called Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank is based in Beirut

— UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets, 2023-04-20

Adresse : SYRIE : Agence de Damas : P.O. Box 2231, Moawiya St., Damas, Syrie.- P.O. Box 933, Yousef Azmeh Square, Damas, SYRIE : Agence d'Alep : P.O. Box 2, Kastel Hajjarin St., Alep - SWIFT/BIC CMSYSYDA, toutes agences dans le monde [NPWMD], Téléphone : +963 11 2218890, Courriel : dir.cbs@mail.sy, Site : http://cbs-bank.sy/En-index.php

— Monaco National Fund Freezing List, 2024-08-14

all offices worldwide

— US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List, 2023-04-20

Relationships

Address
Full address	Country
933, Yousef Azmeh Square (Damascus Branch), Damascus, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · P.O. Box 933, Yousef Azmeh Square, Damascus · P.O. Box 933, Yousef Azmeh Square, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic · Yousef Azmeh Square, P.O. Box 933, Damascus · 2 more...	Syria
Damascus Branch, Moawiya St., P.O. Box 2231, Damascus · Damascus Branch, Moawiya St., P.O. Box 2231, Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic	Syria
Damascus Branch, P.O. Box 2231, Moawiya St., Damascus	Syria
2231, Moawiya St., Damascus, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · P.O. Box 2231, Moawiya St., Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic	Syria
2, Kastel Hajjarin St. (Aleppo Branch), Aleppo, SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC · Aleppo Branch, Kastel Hajjarin St., P.O. Box 2, Aleppo · Aleppo Branch, Kastel Hajjarin St., P.O. Box 2, Aleppo, Syrian, Arab Republic · P.O. Box 2, Kastel Hajjarin St., Aleppo, Syrian Arab Republic	Syria
Aleppo Branch, P.O. Box 2, Kastel Hajjarin St., Aleppo	Syria
Beirut	Lebanon

Assets and shares
Asset	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank	-	-	-

Linked from
Subject	Role	Start date	End date
Syrian Lebanese Commercial Bank	related-to	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Autonomous (Syria)	2024-01-12	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 1011/2011 du 13/10/2011 (UE Syrie - R (UE) 36/2012 )	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Syria / Syrie	-	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 8 June 2012 on measures against Syria (SR 946.231.172.7), annex 7	2016-01-19	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Syria	2020-12-31	-
Federal Public Service Finance	SYR	2018-07-27	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	SYR	2018-07-27	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Syria (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2020-12-31	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Ministry of Finance	シリアのアル・アサド大統領及びその関係者等（団体）	2012-03-09	-
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-

Data sources

French National Asset Freezing System5,116

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

US SAM Procurement Exclusions119,127

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Australian Sanctions Consolidated List4,256

The Consolidated List is a list of all persons and entities who are subject to targeted financial sanctions under Australian sanctions law

Australia · DFAT

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,410

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

Business Identifier Code (BIC) Reference Data35,376

Reference data for SWIFT BIC code, including bank names and addresses

SWIFT

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,677

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,449

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,363

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,559

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

Japan Economic Sanctions and List of Eligible People3,598

Sanctions imposed by Japan under its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Law.

Japan · MoF

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,276

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List33,150

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,982

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PermID Open Data2,960

Permanent Identifier (PermID) is a reference data spine offered by LSEG/Refinitiv to help create unique identifiers for organizations that are publicly listed.

External dataset · LSEG · non-official source

Source data IDs: bic-CMSYSYDA · eu-fsf-eu-2760-51 · ca-sema-9c882cb9e90c2c926ef5a1587b3f00b4eaf707bb · mc-freezes-7fbadca82d7a6af07a13b77f16a5da4cb745f1e7 · au-dfat-2270-commercial-bank-of-syria · gb-fcdo-syr0290 · ch-seco-22985 · ofac-12847 · ca-sema-part-1-8-sy-commercial-bank-of-syria-banque-commerciale-de-syrie · fr-ga-1917 · ca-sema-1-8-sy-commercial-bank-of-syria-banque-commerciale-de-syrie · NK-fXsZSaKfMjbeySC2gNPrBV · ca-sema-syria-1-8 · ja-mof-7a64a14dff37c6e0b225a2586ee2b8f5532d71cd · usgsa-s4mr3rf6c · gb-hmt-12203 · permid-5035756170

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