The Association of Banks in Lebanon and the Federation Bancaire Française organized on October 27^th, 2011: "The Day of the Lebanese banks in Paris" at the Hotel Westin Paris Vendome, which was attended by the Central Bank of Lebanon, Governor Riad Salameh and his deputy Mohammed Baassiri and a member of the Banking Control Commission Munir Lyan and First Deputy Central Bank Governor of France, Jean-Paul Redouin  and representative of the French banking Association, Christian Schrike,  and the president of the Association of Banks in Lebanon Joseph Torbey and some members of ABL Board of Directors and its General Secretary Makram Sader. Also, representatives of the Lebanese banks operating in Paris, Lebanese Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi, Lebanese Minister of Culture, Gaby Layoun, Lebanese Director General of Finance Alain Bifani, as well to the ambassadors of Lebanon in France Boutros Assaker and in the UNESCO Sylvie Fadlallah, and to the French ambassador to Lebanon Denis Pieton, and a crowd of Lebanese and French  bankers, heads of Lebanese economic bodies,  managers of investment funds and international financial institutions,  representatives of the Lebanese, Arab and foreign media. Number of attendees surpassed 180 persons.

Shortly after the opening ceremony, speeches were delivered by representatives of the five Lebanese operating banks in Paris, Dr. Freddie Baz (Bank Audi), Mr. Saad Azhari (BLOM Bank), Mr. Fouad Trad (Byblos Bank), Mr. Nabil Kassar (Fransabank) and Mr. Walid Raphael (Banque Libano-Française), where each one of them introduced the achievements of his bank and the characteristics of its activities in Lebanon and abroad. Unanimously, they agreed to praise the Lebanese banking system and the policy of the monetary authorities and banking regulatory authorities of the  wise and efficient governance which led the Lebanese banking sector to earn its excellent and distinctive reputation in the region and the world, and enabled the banking sector to achieve good results in the most difficult circumstances, local, regional and international levels.