It was founded in 1835 and was initially among the note-issuing banks in the recently established country, together with the Société Générale de Belgique, the Banque de Belgique, and the Bank of Flanders in Ghent.
[1]: 25 It waived its banknote issuance privilege in 1875 in favor of the National Bank of Belgium.
[1]: 25 By 1921 the Banque Liégeoise had foreign investments in Greece, Italy, and Spain.
[2] By the second world war, its activity had come to an end.
Its head office was on Place Saint-Paul [fr] in Liège.