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A group of shipowners in Piraeus founded Banque du Pirée (Piraeus Bank; BP) in 1916 to finance trade. The bank started trading on the Athens Exchange in 1918. [15] The Greek government bought the bank in 1975 and transformed it into a universal bank. The new headquarters designed by Sir Basil Spence were built on Stadiou Street in the center ...
Rabobank Group Belgium [20] Rabobank International Corporate Bank, De Lage Landen Leasing, Interpolis (insurance), Athlon Car Lease (car leasing) and Robeco (fund manager) Antwerp/Online: RABO BE 22 Record Bank SA/NV [21] Record Group owned by ING Group (100%) [22] Westkrediet (2002), AGF Belgium Bank (2003), Mercator Bank (2004), Eural (from ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
v. t. e. Online banking, also known as internet banking, virtual banking, web banking or home banking, is a system that enables customers of a bank or other financial institution to conduct a range of financial transactions through the financial institution's website or mobile app. Since the early 2000s this has become the most common way that ...
Banking in Belgium. Banking in Belgium, as of 11 October 2008, exhibits an average leverage ratio (assets/net worth) of 33 to 1, while the short-term liabilities of the banks are equivalent to 285% of the Belgian GDP or 367% of its national debt.