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Knab
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Overview
Knab is Dutch online bank for SMEs + freelancers + retail + BAWAG Group AG WBAG: BG Austrian commercial banking group parent post-Mar 2025 ~€350M acquisition from Aegon + Netherlands' largest digital-first bank for SMEs + freelancers + ~400K+ Dutch Knab customers 1, Netherlands report.
History
Sep 18 2012 — Knab founded by Aegon as Dutch online bank for SMEs + freelancers + retail distinctive Dutch digital banking heritage.
Mar 2025 — BAWAG Group AG WBAG: BG Austrian commercial banking group acquires Knab from Aegon for ~€350M distinctive Dutch banking acquisition.
Ownership & operator
Operating entity: Knab (Dutch online bank for SMEs + freelancers + retail; BAWAG Group AG parent).
Major shareholders: BAWAG Group AG (WBAG: BG; Austrian commercial banking group).
Regulators: DNB Netherlands + ECB + FMA Austria.
Technical integration
Knab mobile app (iOS + Android; ~400K+ Dutch Knab customers) + knab.nl online + Knab Visa + Mastercard cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + iDEAL (Dutch national bank-redirect payment scheme) + Wero (post-EPI launch).
Implementations & partners
BAWAG Group parent: BAWAG (BAWAG Mobile Austria; WBAG: BG; Austrian commercial bank group) + Easybank (Austria) (easybank Austria; BAWAG Group AG subsidiary; Austria's largest direct/online bank by customers ~750K+).
Major Dutch banking + payments competitors: ABN AMRO (Netherlands) (ABN AMRO Bank N.V.; ENXTAM: ABN; Dutch state-owned commercial bank) + Rabobank (Netherlands) (Rabobank; Dutch cooperative banking group) + ING Netherlands (ING Netherlands; ING Group Dutch parent; ~9M+ Dutch customers) + Triodos Bank (Triodos Bank; Dutch ethical commercial bank) + bunq (bunq Dutch digital bank; ~17M+ customers across EU + Sep 2024 UK launch) + ASN Bank (ASN Bank Dutch ethical commercial bank; SNS Bank subsidiary) + Van Lanschot Kempen (Van Lanschot Kempen; Dutch private wealth management bank) + iDEAL (iDEAL Dutch national bank-redirect payment scheme).
Regulators: DNB Netherlands + ECB + FMA Austria.
Status
Active, Dutch online bank for SMEs + freelancers + retail + BAWAG Group AG WBAG:BG Austrian commercial banking group parent post-Mar 2025 ~€350M acquisition from Aegon + Netherlands' largest digital-first bank for SMEs + freelancers + ~400K+ Dutch Knab customers 1, 2.
Sources
- 1 Knab — official
- 2 Knab — Wikipedia
- Netherlands report In-corpus:
reports/countries/NL-netherlands.md
Source
Biography extracted from knab.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.