Union Zaïroise de Banques

In 1920, the Banque de Bruxelles established the Crédit General du Congo (also known as Crégéco), legally registered in Léopoldville with administrative headquarters (French: siège administratif) at Rue Royale 66 in Brussels.

[2] In 1923, the Banque de Bruxelles opened branches in Léopoldville and Elisabethville, then in Matadi and Stanleyville, which it subsequently transferred to Crégéco.

[4]: 819  It expanded its network of Congolese branches, including in Aketi, Albertville (now Kalemie), Coquilhatville (now Mbandaka), Costermansville (now Bukavu), Jadotville (now Likasi), Kolwezi, and Luluabourg (now Kananga).

The BBA also had branches in Usumbura (now Bujumbura) in then Ruanda-Urundi, and in Bangui, Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire in French Equatorial Africa.

[citation needed] In 1995, shortly before the start of the First Congo War, the Zaire government nationalized UZB and dismissed its entire staff.