Banque de Commerce

The Banque de Commerce (French pronunciation: [bɑ̃k də kɔmɛʁs]) was a medium-sized Belgian bank.

[5] In 1780, Charles Jean Michel De Wolf, who was born in 1747 from a middle-class Antwerp family, initiated a banking business.

That same year, the bank had a new head office built on Maarschalk Gérardstraat 2 in Antwerp, designed by architect Edmond Leclef [fr].

In 1922–1926, the bank built a prominent head office building in Antwerp by expanding the former Hotel Vecquemans designed in the second quarter of the 18th century by Jan Pieter van Baurscheit the Younger on Lange Gasthuisstraat 9–11.

As a result, Banque de Commerce became a joint venture which focused on serving subsidiaries of foreign multinationals operating in Belgium.

Building on Lange Gasthuisstraat 9–11 in Antwerp, head office of the Banque de Commerce from 1907 to 1968; repurposed as a clothing store in 2002 [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Building at Place Royale 6 (right), Banque de Commerce's Brussels branch from 1929 to 1968, later ING Art Center