The Banque d'Anvers (lit.'Bank of Antwerp') was a based Belgian bank that acted as the affiliate of the Société Générale de Belgique in Antwerp. It started activity as a branch in 1823, became a fully-fledged bank in 1827, and was eventually merged into the Générale de Banque in 1965. In the 1920s, it was described as one of the most powerful banks in Belgium.[2]
Building at Lange Nieuwstraat 20-24, Antwarp, head office of the Banque d'Anvers from 1829 to 1920[1]
Even though the bank was primarily active in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, for most of its existence it was generally referred to by its French name including in Dutch-speaking or English-speaking contexts.[1][3]
Historyedit
Former head office of the Banque de Reports, the Fonds Publics et de Dépôts on Meir 48, Antwerp, designed by architect Émile Thielens in 1906 and completed in 1908, later used as head office by the Banque d'Anvers from 1920 to 1965;[4] photographed in 1975 with sign hinting at its former nameThe same building in 2007
One year after its establishment in 1822, the Société Générale de Belgique (at that time known as the Algemeene Nederlandsche Maatschappij) opened a branch in Antwerp. A few years later, it decided to convert it into a legally separate bank (subsidiary), which became effective on 1 January 1827. At the time, the Algemeene Nederlandsche Maatschappij was a note-issuing bank, and issued special banknotes that could only be redeemed at the Banque d'Anvers. During its first decades of activity, the bank had no capital of its own, until it was reorganized and capitalized in 1870, when the Société Générale de Belgique took up half of the shareholders' equity.[5]: II
In 1919,[5]: 8 the Banque d'Anvers absorbed the Banque de l’Union Anversoise (est. 1910) and the Banque de Reports, the Fonds Publics et de Dépôts (est. 1900),[4] and in 1924, the Crédit Mobilier de Belgique. In 1934-1935, the Société Générale de Belgique consolidated all its other local affiliates into the newly formed Générale de Banque, but the family shareholders of the Banque d'Anvers rejected that option and the bank thus remained as the SGB's only autonomous local affiliate bank in Belgium.[5]: III
Following World War II, the Banque d'Anvers absorbed other local banks, the Banque de Crédit Commercial in 1957, and the venerable Banque J. J. Le Grelle (est. 1792) in 1962.[5]: III Even so, the Banque d'Anvers lacked critical mass in the context of 1960s Belgium. On 30 November 1965, it was merged into the Générale de Banque,[3] simultaneously as the Société Belge de Banque. As a consequence, it returned to the status it had in its origin years as a mere local branch of the Générale. In subsequent years, its head office building on Antwerp's Meir thoroughfare featured a sign that read "Generale Bankmaatschappij v/h Bank van Antwerpen", lit.'Générale de Banque, formerly Bank of Antwerp'.[5]: III
Leadershipedit
Joannes Josephus Osy [nl], chairman 1827-1866?[5]: II
Charles Gréban de Saint-Germain, chairman 1870-?[5]: III
^ abGreet Plomteux, Rita Steyaert, Madeleine Manderyck, and Jo Braeken (2017). "De Grooten Robijn, later Banque d'Anvers". Inventaris Vlaanderen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Guillaume Des Marez (1929), "Fernand Donnet, Coup d'œil sur l'Histoire financière d'envers au cours des siècles (compte-rendu)", Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire: 628
^ ab"Belgium: The Big Get Bigger". Time. 8 October 1965.
^ abJo Braeken (2017). "Banque de Reports, de Fonds Publics et de Dépôts". Inventaris Vlaanderen.
^ abcdefghRené Brion and Jean-Louis Moreau (October 2008), Inventaire des archives de la Banque d'Anvers S.A. et des sociétés qu'elle a absorbées(PDF), BNP Paribas Fortis Historical Centre and Association pour la Valorisation des Archives d'Entreprises asbl / Vereniging voor de Valorisatie van Bedrijfsarchieven vzw
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