Live the Moment at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil ™ with Your BBAC VISA Card!

As people start the new year there are goals and resolutions that they hope to achieve. One thing for sure, this year millions of people have one common aspiration: to watch the FIFA World Cup live and cheer for their favorite team. VISA and BBAC are giving you the opportunity to score a seat and live the ultimate experience at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

What are you going to do now to make sure you have your best year ever? Simply use your BBAC Visa credit or debit card, locally and internationally, for all your purchases during the months of January and February and be automatically entered into the prize draw to win an exclusive travel package for 2 persons to the 2014 FIFA World Cup to watch the quarter-finals.

The Prize package consists of:

* two category 2 tickets to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ quarter finals        hosted at the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro; and
* two economy-class round-trip tickets to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
* 5 days/4 nights in double-occupancy room in a 4-star hotel with included daily breakfast;
* 1 night in double-occupancy cabin aboard an overnight cruise departing from the Rio de Janeiro cruise terminal and           returning to the same terminal; 
* meet-and-greet service upon arrival at Rio de Janeiro’s international airport;
* a group activity or city tour of Rio de Janeiro on arrival or departure day;
* pre-match hospitality service at a venue en-route to Estádio do Maracanã;
* ground transportation to and from Estádio do Maracanã;
* FIFA-themed merchandise;
* access to Visa event team support staff;
* two 100 USD prepaid Visa card for expenses.

What a great way to kick-off the new year!

P.S. The draw will be held on April 1, 2014 and the randomly selected winners will be notified by their banks.

For more information, please visit www.visamiddleeast.com/brazil

BBAC Closes Out 2013 By Honoring Employees

As 2013 comes to a close, BBAC held its annual end-of-the-year event to honor and thank its employees at the Hilton Beirut Habtoor Grand Hotel. Present at the event were Chairman and General Manager Sheikh Ghassan Assaf, board members, senior managers, representatives from BBAC affiliates, and more than 800 of the bank’s staff members.

In a heartwarming speech, Sheikh Ghassan Assaf welcomed the attendees and praised the tremendous efforts, contributions, and unwavering commitment of the BBAC staff, which has achieved remarkable results despite this year’s hardships. He also highlighted BBAC’s growth and development, proven through its positive financial results in 2013. Sheikh Assaf announced that the bank’s main objectives for the upcoming year would be to further develop and expand in Lebanon and abroad, launch the newest services, develop its mobile banking and continue to invest in the latest technologies as they have before.

He concluded by saying: "I am proud to stand here today and speak of our past accomplishments as well as our hopes for the future of this institution. I am confident that, no matter how great the odds, we are prepared to deal with any obstacle facing us next year as one team, as one family. So bring on 2014, we at BBAC are prepared for success.”

Following Sheikh Assaf’s speech, a special montage was screened highlighting the projects implemented by BBAC and Live Lebanon as well as other activities organized by the bank in its commitment to corporate social responsibility, demonstrating the real meaning behind BBAC’s slogan “ Your Caring Bank”.

More pictures from the event can be found on BBAC’s Facebook page.

BBAC’s Endeavors Honored with the 2013 Lebanese Rural Development Award

BBAC has been awarded the social economic prize in the 'Rural Development' category in the third Social Economic Awards (SEA). The prize commends the Live Lebanon initiative, a partnership between BBAC and the UNDP, which aims to foster social development works to improve Lebanon’s most impoverished areas.

The event, held in the Ambassadors' Room at the Lebanon Casino, was organized by "First Protocol" in collaboration with the Central Bank of Lebanon, the Association of Banks in Lebanon, the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Lebanon, the Lebanese Franchise Association, the Lebanese Businessmen Association, as well as several private companies .

BBAC’s Chairman-General Manager, Mr. Ghassan Assaf, accepted the award and thanked the crowd. “We are incredibly proud of our partnership with the UNDP in the Live Lebanon initiative, which has made possible over 15 projects in areas most in need. We have implemented works in some of the most rural and remote areas of Lebanon, cementing our mission of social responsibility”. Mr. Assaf also added: “BBAC understands the responsibility it bears as a Lebanese financial institution and will continue to apply our motto of care in everything we do for years to come”. He concluded by thanking the UNDP, who have been sturdy partners in BBAC’s mission to improve Lebanon, as well as all BBAC staffers involved in the activities of the Live Lebanon initiative.