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The National Bank of Belgium (NBB; Dutch: Nationale Bank van België, French: Banque nationale de Belgique, German: Belgische Nationalbank) is the Belgian member of the Eurosystem. It was established by a law of 5 May 1850 and has been the monetary authority for Belgium from then until 1998, issuing the Belgian franc (albeit with interruption ...
Below you will find a concise list of Belgian banks. The big four are KBC, Belfius, BNP Paribas Fortis, and ING. Bank name. Parent or group. Subsidiaries or previous names. Head office location. SWIFT BIC-code. Argenta (bank) [1] Argenta Group.
The FSMA is, since 1 April 2011, the successor of the Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission (CBFA). Its full name is the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA). The FSMA's status is that of an autonomous public institution. This means that it was established by law and that it carries out tasks in the general interest entrusted to ...
BNP Paribas Fortis. BNP Paribas Fortis is an international bank based in Belgium and a subsidiary of French banking group BNP Paribas. The bank was created in May 2009 after BNP Paribas acquired 75% of the Belgian Fortis Bank from the Federal Participation and Investment Company. It was formerly, together with Fortis Bank Nederland, the banking ...
Nagelmackers is a private bank in Belgium, the oldest in the country and the 14th oldest surviving bank in the world. [citation needed] It focuses on wealthy individuals and families, relying on a network of local offices. In July 2024, It was purchased from China's Anbang by Caisse d'Epargne Hauts de France, a local bank of Groupe BPCE in the ...
2008–2009 Belgian financial crisis. The 2008–2009 Belgian financial crisis is a major financial crisis that hit Belgium from mid-2008 onwards. Two of the country's largest banks – Fortis and Dexia – started to face severe problems, exacerbated by the financial problems hitting other banks around the world. The value of their stocks plunged.
The Banque de Belgique was founded by liberal leader Charles de Brouckère on 26 February 1835. The aim was to partly offset the financial dominance in the country of the Société Générale de Belgique which was viewed as not providing savings services to the broader Belgian population, [ 1] and was also perceived as too much controlled by ...
Bank Brussels Lambert. Banque Belge pour l'Étranger. Banque Nagelmackers. Belfius. Beobank. BNP Paribas Fortis.