The Association of Banks stressed that everyone should be aware that the solution is not through the attacks taking place, but rather in the state’s responsibility and securing a just solution for all citizens.
The association apologized to its customers for any inconvenience or delay that may result from the application of the new protection measures, calling on the state to assume its responsibilities and not to be indolent with security breaches, and to take them to the courts.
Thorough inspection
And according to what the chairman of the board of directors of one of Lebanon’s banks revealed to “Sky News Arabia” website, the way customers enter bank branches in Lebanon will witness major changes, as they will be subject to careful inspections in search of weapons or any material or tool that can be used to threaten employees.
A maximum number of customers allowed to enter the bank at one time will also be determined, as the rest will have to wait outside until their turn comes.
We will not be a scapegoat
The head of one of the Lebanese banks, who refused to reveal his name, said that entering Lebanon’s banks after the date of September 14 will not be the same as before, indicating that the banks will no longer be scapegoats, in light of the state’s failure to play its role and throwing the fireball at the banks to bear it. Alone in the face of depositors.
He reiterated that a large part of the depositors’ money was borrowed by the state and it must return it.
Continuing storming of banks
Lebanese banks have imposed strict restrictions on depositors’ withdrawals, especially in foreign currencies, since 2019, and they have witnessed several incursions by depositors to obtain their deposits, the last of which was recorded yesterday when two incursions were recorded by depositors at BLOM Bank and the Mediterranean Bank, and the two operations ended with depositors obtaining Approximately $45,000 of their money.
Delayed repairs
For his part, the chief economist of the Byblos Bank Group, Nassib Ghobril, said in an interview with “Economy Sky News Arabia” that everything that Lebanon has reached today is caused by the delay and reluctance to start the reform process and implement the necessary measures, to get out of the crisis and start restoring confidence and returning capital. To Lebanon, every delay is an exploitation of this stalemate.
Bank losses
Ghobril said that what is happening in Lebanon’s banks has made them lose the confidence of the people and depositors and incurred losses either in the Eurobonds portfolio or in the foreign currency exchange centers or in terms of paying dollar loans in the declining Lebanese pound, and that they will not be able to return to their normal work by financing the economy, as their work has become limited to withdraw deposits.
The depositor needs his money
Fadi, who is deposited in a bank, believes that the Lebanese citizen does not like to break into banks, but he has become obliged to do so when the money deposited in the bank is necessary, describing bank owners as still making profits and not caring about the depositor’s condition and his living situation.
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