# Sogebank

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{{Short description|Haitian commercial bank}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Société Générale Haïtienne de Banque, S.A.
| logo = SOGEBANK.png
| type = [Private](/source/Privately_held_company)
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1986|04|26}}
| location = Autoroute de Delmas<br/ >  [Port-au-Prince](/source/Port-au-Prince), [Haiti](/source/Haiti)
| key_people = Robert Moscoso ([Chairman](/source/Chairman) and [CEO](/source/CEO))
| industry = [Financial services](/source/Financial_services)
| num_employees = 2,307 <small>(2016)</small>
| revenue = [US$](/source/United_States_dollar) 81.1 million <small>(2016)</small>
| net_income = [US$](/source/United_States_dollar) 16.5 million <small>(2015)</small>
| assets = [US$](/source/United_States_dollar) 1.098 billion <small>(2016)</small>
| homepage = [http://www.sogebank.com/ sogebank.com]
}}

'''Sogebank''', formally known as '''Société Générale Haïtienne de Banque, S.A.''' (Haitian Banking Corporation), is one of [Haiti](/source/Haiti)'s three largest [commercial banks](/source/commercial_banks). It was formed on April 26, 1986, when the [Royal Bank of Canada](/source/Royal_Bank_of_Canada) sold its Haiti-based operations to a group of Haitian investors.<ref>{{cite news |title=Holiday cash crisis: SOGEBANK freezes global debit card use since November |url=https://haitiantimes.com/2025/01/03/sogebank-customers-frustrated-over-prolonged-debit-cards-suspension/ |author=Jose Flécher |website=[The Haitian Times](/source/The_Haitian_Times) |date=2025-01-03 |access-date=2025-12-19}}</ref> It acquired ''Banque intercontinentale de Commerce (BIDC)'' in November 1998 and the failing ''Banque de Promotion commerciale et industrielle (Promobank)'' in September 2006.

Sogebank currently has 42 branches located throughout the country in the major cities as well as several solely in [Port-au-Prince](/source/Port-au-Prince). The main Sogebank building is located in the capital on the main road of [Delmas](/source/Delmas%2C_Ouest). Nowadays, the Sogebank Group includes seven subsidiaries each concerning a separate branch of banking transactions and a foundation:

* Sogebank ([Commercial bank](/source/Commercial_bank))
* Sogebel ([Building society](/source/Building_society))
* Sogesol ([Microcredit](/source/Microcredit))
* Sogecarte ([Credit card issuer](/source/credit_card))
* SogeXpress ([Money transfer](/source/Electronic_funds_transfer))
* Sogefac ([Consumer finance](/source/Consumer_finance))
* SogeAssurance ([Insurance](/source/Insurance))
* Fondation Sogebank ([Philanthropy](/source/Philanthropy))

==Debit card outage==

In late 2024, Sogebank suspended international transactions on its [Visa debit](/source/Visa_debit) cards, leaving thousands of customers unable to access funds for overseas and online payments for several weeks.<ref name=Haitian>{{cite news |title=Crise de trésorerie pendant les fêtes : la SOGEBANK bloque l'utilisation des cartes de débit dans le monde entier depuis novembre |trans-title=Holiday cash crisis: SOGEBANK freezes global debit card use worldwide since November |url=https://haitiantimes.com/fr/2025/01/03/les-clients-de-la-sogebank-sont-frustres-par-la-suspension-prolongee-des-cartes-de-debit/ |author=José Flécher |website=The Haitian Times |date=2025-01-03 |language=fr |access-date=2025-12-19}}</ref> The bank attributed the disruption to service improvements, while reports indicated that technical and security issues, including cyber incidents, may have contributed to the prolonged outage, which continued into early January 2025 without a clear timeline for resolution.<ref name=Haitian/>

==References==
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Category:1986 establishments in Haiti
Category:Banks of Haiti
Category:Companies based in Port-au-Prince

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