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Belfius Bank
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Overview
Belfius Bank is Belgian state-owned commercial bank + Belgian Federal Government via Federal Holding and Investment Company SFPI-FPIM fully owned + Belgium's #3 commercial bank by assets + ~3.6M+ Belgian Belfius Bank customers + founded Mar 2 2012 as Dexia Bank Belgium rebrand post-Dexia Group breakup 1, Belgium report.
History
1996 — Dexia Group formed via merger of Crédit Communal de Belgique + Crédit Local de France.
Oct 9 2008 — Dexia Group nationalisation post-2008 financial crisis Belgian + French + Luxembourg government bailout.
Oct 10 2011 — Belgian Federal Government acquires Dexia Bank Belgium from Dexia Group for ~€4B + Dexia Group breakup.
Mar 2 2012 — Dexia Bank Belgium rebranded as Belfius Bank.
Ownership & operator
Operating entity: Belfius Bank (Belgian state-owned commercial bank; Belgian Federal Government fully owned via SFPI-FPIM).
Major shareholders: Belgian Federal Government via Federal Holding and Investment Company SFPI-FPIM (Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement) fully owned.
Regulators: NBB Belgium + ECB.
Technical integration
Belfius Mobile app (iOS + Android; ~3.6M+ Belgian Belfius Bank customers) + belfius.be online + Belfius Bank branch network across Belgium + Belfius Visa + Mastercard cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + Bancontact (Belgian national card scheme + mobile P2P payment scheme) + Wero (post-EPI launch).
Implementations & partners
Major Belgian banking + payments competitors: BNP Paribas Fortis (BNP Paribas Fortis; Belgian commercial bank; BNP Paribas ENXTPA: BNP French parent fully owned; Belgium's largest commercial bank by assets + branches; ~3.6M+ Belgian customers) + KBC / KBC Mobile / Kate AI (KBC Mobile; KBC Group BSE: KBC; Belgian banking group; Belgium's #2 commercial bank by assets + customers) + Argenta Bank (Argenta Bank; Belgian commercial bank) + ING Belgium (ING Belgium; ING Group Dutch parent Belgian subsidiary) + Keytrade Bank (Keytrade Bank Belgian online bank + brokerage) + Aion Bank (Aion Bank Belgian digital bank; UniCredit acquired Mar 2025) + Bancontact QR (Bancontact Payconiq Belgian national card scheme + mobile P2P + retail payment scheme) + Payconiq/Bancontact (Payconiq Belgian + Luxembourg mobile P2P + retail payment scheme).
Regulators: NBB Belgium + ECB.
Status
Active, Belgian state-owned commercial bank + Belgian Federal Government via Federal Holding and Investment Company SFPI-FPIM fully owned + Belgium's #3 commercial bank by assets + ~3.6M+ Belgian Belfius Bank customers + founded Mar 2 2012 as Dexia Bank Belgium rebrand post-Dexia Group breakup 1, 2.
Sources
- 1 Belfius — official
- 2 Belfius — Wikipedia
- Belgium report In-corpus:
reports/countries/BE-belgium.md
Source
Biography extracted from belfius.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.