Bankmed SAL (formerly Banque de la Méditerranée S.A.L)[1][2] is a Lebanese bank, established in 1944,[3] owned by the holding company GroupMed.[4][5] It is one of Lebanon’s top five banks by both assets and deposits,[6] and has 44 branches in Lebanon,[7] one in Cyprus,[8] and one in Geneva (called Bankmed Suisse).[9][10] Bankmed is owned by the family of Rafic Hariri,[5][11] the former prime minister and billionaire businessman who was assassinated in 2005.[12] The bank is also the largest shareholder in Solidere,[13] the real estate company that rebuilt Beirut's Central District after the Lebanese Civil War.[14]