Banque Belgolaise

Ahead of the independence of Congo, the Banque du Congo Belge (BCB) restructured its European activities on 14 April 1960 into the newly formed Banque Belgo-Congolaise, with seat in Brussels.

In late 1966, Belgolaise separated the Rwandan activities into the Bank of Kigali, in which it took an equity stake of 40 percent.

In the late 1990s, together with other former banking activities of the Société Générale de Belgique, it became part of Fortis Group.

In 2005 Fortis announced it was selling the bank, but it was unable to find a buyer and started to liquidate it,[2] closing the London and Paris branches in 2006.

The liquidation was continued by BNP Paribas following its acquisition of Fortis in 2008, substantially completed in 2012, and finalized in 2018.

Building at Cantersteen 1 in Brussels , Brussels office of Banque du Congo Belge from 1954 to 1960, then head office of Banque Belgolaise