Bank Brussels Lambert
Bank Brussels Lambert (BBL, French: Banque Bruxelles Lambert) was a prominent Belgian bank that was created in 1975 through the merger of Banque de Bruxelles and Banque Lambert, and was eventually acquired in 1998 by ING Group.
 BBL headquarters in Brussels | |
| BBL | |
Native name | Banque Bruxelles Lambert |
| Industry | Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding  |
| Predecessor | Banque de Bruxelles and Banque Lambert |
| Founded | July 30, 1975 |
| Defunct | 2003 |
| Fate | Acquisition by ING Group |
| Headquarters | Av. Marnix 24, , Belgium |
| Owner | ING Group (since 1998) |
| Subsidiaries | Banque de Commerce S.A. |
| Website | web |
Overview
The 1975 merger made BBL the second largest Belgian bank at that time. It provided retail and commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in Belgium, together with related financial products such as insurance and asset management.
In 2002, ING rebranded BBL as ING Belgium.[1]
The headquarters of BBL, now an office of ING Group, was the former head office building of Bank Lambert on Marnixlaan 24, Brussels. This modernist building was the only European building designed by the American architect Gordon Bunshaft making it one of the most important modernist architectural buildings in Belgium.
See also
References
- Belga. "La BBL devient ING". La Libre.be (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-04.
External links
- Documents and clippings about Bank Brussels Lambert in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
Media related to Banque Lambert Building at Wikimedia Commons