List of banks in Belgium

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Below you will find a concise list of Belgian banks . The big four are KBC, Belfius, BNP Paribas Fortis, and ING.

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Bank nameParent or groupSubsidiaries or previous namesHead office location SWIFT BIC-code
Argenta (bank) [1] Argenta Group Antwerp ARSP BE 22
Attijariwafa Bank Europe Belgium [2] Le Groupe Attijariwafa bank Brussels WAFA BE BB
AXA Bank AXA Group Brussels AXAB BE 22
Bank J.Van Breda & CoAckermans & van Haaren (78.75%), Promofi (21.25%)AntwerpJVBABE22XXX
aion Warburg Pincus Monte dei Paschi di Siena group Brussels BMPB BE BB
Banque CPH  [ fr ] [3] Banque CPH SCRLCrédit professionnel du Hainaut Tournai CPHB BE 75
BBVA Bélgica [4] Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Group Brussels BBVA BE BB
Belfius Bank/Banque Belgian State Artesia, Bacob (B.A.C.), Dexia, Gemeentekrediet/Crédit Communal Brussels GKCC BE BB
Beobank Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe (100%) [5] Citibank Belgium (1968 –- March 2013) Brussels CTBK BE BX
BKCP Bank/Banque [6] Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe (100%) [5] Brussels BKCP BE BB
BNP Paribas Fortis BNP Paribas Generale Bank, ASLK / CGER (Algemene Spaar- en Lijfrentekas/Caisse Generale d'Epargne et Retraite), Fintro Brussels GEBA BE BB
bpost bank  [ nl ] [7] bpost banque [8] 50/50% ownership between bpost and BNP Paribas Fortis [9] [10] Brussels BPOT BE B1
Crelan CrelanCo (100%)Centea, Landbouwkrediet/Crédit Agricole, Crelan Insurance Antwerp/Brussels NICA BE BB
Europabank  [ nl ] [11] Crelan SA (100%) [12] [13] Ghent EURB BE 99
Hello Bank! [14] Hello Bank! [15] BNP Paribas Fortis Brussels/Online GEBA BE BB
ING Belgium ING Group [16] Bank Bruxelles Lambert Brussels BBRU BE BB
KBC Bank KBC Group NV [17] Kredietbank, Cera, Raffeisenkas, Centea (KBC Group NV) sold to Crédit Agricole Group (Belgium), [18] Bank van Roeselare Brussels KRED BE BB
Keytrade Bank Crédit Agricole (100%) (2007)VMS-Keytrade (1998–2002), bought RealBank (2002) Brussels KEYT BE BB
MeDirect Bank Belgium [19] MeDirect Bank Malta Brussels MBWM BE BB
Rabobank.beRabobank 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  [ nl ] SA/NV [21] Record Group owned by ING Group (100%) [22] Westkrediet (2002), AGF Belgium Bank (2003), Mercator Bank (2004), Eural (from Dexia Group) (2005) Evere HBKA BE 22
Santander Consumer Finance SA/BV [23] Santander Group Merelbeke BSCH BE BR
Triodos Bank Banque Triodos [24] Triodos Bank (NL) (100%) [25] Brussels TRIO BE BB
Van Lanschot Belgium Van Lanschot Kempen Antwerp FVLB BE 22
vdk bank Ghent VDSP BE 91

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  2. ↑ "particuliers.attijariwafa.net/be/". Particuliers.attijariwafa.net. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
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  20. ↑ Archived October 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
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