Banque Nationale de Belgique
Site of the Belgian Central Bank, with financial information, statistics and more.
Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission
The CBFA regulates financial activities in Belgium and information on rules and regulations can be found on this site.
Febelfin
The Federation Belge du Secteur Financier is a professional body representing the interests of members in the financial sector.
Fédération des Entreprises Belges
The Federation of Enterprises in Belgium is a professional body representing the interest of firms in Belgium.
Federal Government Portal
This site contains a wealth of information about the federal institutions and legislation in Belgium.
Bank of England
The site provides numerous press releases and downloadable publications, including those on European Monetary Union.
Financial Services Authority
The FSA is an independent body responsible for the regulation of the UK financial system.
The European Central Bank
This site includes information on the ECB and its activities in the euro area.
Economic research
A link to the information page of our UK website
BIC and IBAN
The International Bank Account Number (IBAN) is the standard for the bank account number of the recipient in the case of European cross-border payments.
The use of IBAN and BIC (Bank Identifier Code) is obligatory for cross-border payments in Euros within the European Economic Area (EU member states, and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) as identification of the beneficiary customer and his bank. Since 1st January 2007 such credit transfers that do not include IBAN and BIC may be returned or rejected by the bank receiving the credit transfer.
The IBAN and BIC are mentioned on the statement that you receive from us. For more information on IBAN and BIC, we suggest you visit www.ecbs.org/iban.htm and www.swift.com/biconline