Crelan

Key details

• Launch: 1937

Overview

Crelan is Belgian cooperative commercial bank + CrelanCo cooperative member parent ~100%+ controlling + one of Belgium's mid-sized commercial banks by assets + founded 1937 in Brussels Belgium as Centrale Kas voor Landbouwkrediet then 2013 Crelan rebrand [1, be-cro].

History

1937 — Centrale Kas voor Landbouwkrediet founded in Brussels Belgium as Belgian agricultural cooperative bank distinctive Belgian cooperative banking heritage.

2013 — Crelan rebrand consolidating Centrale Kas voor Landbouwkrediet retail commercial banking brand.

Jul 1 2022 — Crelan completes AXA Bank Belgium acquisition for ~€620M consolidating with Crelan retail commercial banking brand.

2014 — Crelan Mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

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

Major shareholders: CrelanCo (Belgian cooperative member parent) ~100%+ controlling.

Regulators: National Bank of Belgium NBB + ECB.

Technical integration

Crelan Mobile app (iOS + Android) + crelan.be online + Crelan branch network across Belgium + Crelan 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) + [[beobank-be]] (Beobank; Belgian commercial bank; Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe French parent ~100%+ controlling) + payconiq (Payconiq Belgian mobile QR payment scheme).

Regulators: National Bank of Belgium NBB + ECB.

Status

Active, Belgian cooperative commercial bank + CrelanCo cooperative member parent ~100%+ controlling + one of Belgium's mid-sized commercial banks by assets + founded 1937 in Brussels Belgium as Centrale Kas voor Landbouwkrediet then 2013 Crelan rebrand [1, 2].

Sources

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

Source

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