Banque d'Anvers

[1][3][4] 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.

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.

[6]: III  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.

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.

[6]: III Hector Carlier, founder of Petrofina, started his career at the Banque d'Anvers, in which his father held a significant equity stake.

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; [ 5 ] photographed in 1975 with sign hinting at its former name
The same building in 2007