Lebanon News and Tutorials

  -------------- International Bank Transfer in Fresh USD Account -------------- 1. Open a fresh money account in your bank Blom Bank: https://www.blomretail.com/retail/bank-accounts-lebanon/fresh-money-accounts Bank Audi: https://www.bankaudi.com.lb/externalaccount Byblos Bank: https://www.byblosbank.com/personal/accounts/current/ Fresh Money Account or External Account is a bank account that has real USD, unlike old/regular bank accounts which have lollars in them. (Lollars are Lebanese Dollars aka Dollars stuck in Lebanese banks, aka Dollars in bank accounts before October 2019) In order to receive an international incoming bank transfer, make sure you go to your bank before the transfer is done and open an external or fresh money bank account. Do NOT transfer into your old USD account. 2. Tell the bank you're expecting to receive an international incoming bank transfer and want to withdraw it in USD Some banks are giving out the entire incoming bank transfe...

  Can I use the old USD in the bank (lollars) to buy online? Most banks have very low internet limits. We're talking about $15-$20 per month limit. It is expected that all banks decrease this limit to 0 soon. That being said, banks are not treating customers equally. You might have a better internet limit than other people. Call your bank's call center and ask about your internet limit. Can I use my LBP card to pay online? Banks stopped all fx transactions (changing from LBP to USD). So the answer to this question is 99% of the time no . That being said, banks are not treating customers equally. You might have a better internet limit than other people. Call your bank's call center and ask about your internet limit. Amazon/Expedia/Steam/Other website is showing the items in LBP and the invoice and total are in LBP, can I use my LBP to pay it? No. Amazon and other websites show their invoices in all currencies around the world depending on where you'r...