Bank Brussels Lambert

Not to be confused with Groupe Bruxelles Lambert.

Bank Brussels Lambert

BBL headquarters in Brussels
Trade name	BBL
Native name	French: Banque Bruxelles Lambert Dutch: Bank Brussel Lambert
Industry	financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
Predecessor	Banque de Bruxelles and Banque Lambert
Founded	July 30, 1975 (1975-07-30)
Defunct	2003 (2003)
Fate	Acquisition by ING Group
Headquarters	Av. Marnix 24, City of Brussels , Belgium
Owner	ING Group (since 1998)
Subsidiaries	Banque de Commerce S.A.
Website	web.archive.org/web/20021201105540fw_/http://www.bbl.be/content/en_index.htm

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; however the name survived as part of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, which controlled the bank prior to its acquisition.

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 2003, ING rebranded BBL as ING Belgium.

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

• Dexia
• Fortis Group
• KBC Group

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