Beobank

Key details

• Launch: 1937

Overview

Beobank is Belgian commercial bank + Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe French cooperative parent ~100%+ controlling + one of Belgium's mid-sized retail commercial banks + founded 1937 in Brussels Belgium as Citibank Belgium then Mar 26 2012 Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe acquisition + Beobank rebrand [1, be-cro].

History

1937 — Citibank Belgium founded in Brussels Belgium as Citigroup Belgian commercial banking subsidiary distinctive Belgian banking heritage.

Mar 26 2012 — Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe French cooperative parent acquires Citibank Belgium + Beobank rebrand consolidating Citibank Belgium retail commercial banking brand.

2014 — Beobank Mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Beobank NV/SA (Belgian commercial bank).

Major shareholders: Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe (French cooperative parent) ~100%+ controlling.

Regulators: National Bank of Belgium NBB + ECB.

Technical integration

Beobank Mobile app (iOS + Android) + beobank.be online + Beobank branch network across Belgium + Beobank Visa + Mastercard + Bancontact cards; SEPA + SEPA Instant + EPC-QR + Bancontact Belgian national debit + ATM card scheme + Payconiq Belgian mobile QR payment scheme + Wero (post-EPI launch).

Implementations & partners

Major Belgian banking + payments competitors: [[kbc-bolero]] (KBC Bank; BME: KBC; Belgian commercial bank; one of Belgium's four largest commercial banks by assets) + [[bnp-fortis]] (BNP Paribas Fortis; ENXTBR: BNB; Belgian commercial bank; BNP Paribas French parent ~100%+ controlling) + [[ing-belgium]] (ING Belgium; Belgian commercial bank; ING Group Dutch parent ~100%+ controlling) + [[belfius]] (Belfius Bank; Belgian commercial bank; Belgian government Federal Holding + Investment Company SFPI ~100%+ controlling) + [[crelan]] (Crelan; Belgian cooperative commercial bank; CrelanCo cooperative member parent ~100%+ controlling) + payconiq (Payconiq Belgian mobile QR payment scheme).

Regulators: National Bank of Belgium NBB + ECB.

Status

Active, Belgian commercial bank + Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe French cooperative parent ~100%+ controlling + one of Belgium's mid-sized retail commercial banks + founded 1937 in Brussels Belgium as Citibank Belgium then Mar 26 2012 Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe acquisition + Beobank rebrand [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 Beobank — official
• 2 Beobank — Wikipedia
• be-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/BE-belgium.md

Source

Biography extracted from beobank-be.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.