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Helma Houtman-De Smedt, "The banking system in Belgium through the centuries", in Handbook on the History of European Banks, edited by Manfred Pohl (European Association for Banking History, 1994), pp. 47-94. On Google Books

p. 50 1822: Société Générale 1835: Banque de Belgique (investment bank to 1838: after crisis of that year purely commercial banking) 1860: Crédit Communal (specialising in municipal credit) 1865: Caisse Générale d'Epargne et de Rente (for small savings)

p. 51 1877: priest called Mellaerts sets up agricultural savings banks 1919: Société Nationale de Crédit à l'Industrie 25 October 1926: reorganisation of currency

p. 52 Royal Decree 22 August 1934 that mixed banks to be split into deposit banks and holding companies

p. 54 30 June 1975: new law on banking oversight

p. 64 5 May 1850 Leopold I signed law establishing Banque Nationale de Belgique as a limited public company with authorised capital of 25 million BEF 1935: devaluation of BEF by 28%

p. 65 22 March 1993 law granting independence to national bank, in accordance with Maastricht Treaty

p. 68 1894 state-sponsored retirement saving through CGER established 1911 pension saving made obligatory for miners

p. 73 Banque de Bruxelles established 13 November 1871 with 50 million BEF capital (much reduced by crises of 1870s – withdrawal of German financiers led to dissolution and immediate reconstitution with capital of 19 million in 1877) mixed bank to 1935 (see p. 52) mainly invested in industrial and government bonds

p. 74 Banque de Bruxelles split into Société de Bruxelles pour la Finance et l'Industrie (investment company) and Banque de Bruxelles (deposit bank)

p. 75 Banque Henri Lambert SA founded June 1926 by Baron Henri Lambert (a Rothschild on his mother's side) 1959: Lambert family transfers full ownership to Compagnie d'Outre-Mer pour l'Industrie et la Finance 30 June 1975: Banque de Bruxelles merges with Banque Lambert to form Banque Bruxelles Lambert

p. 78 24 November 1860 constitution of Crédit Communal (municipal loans bank) first loan approved 8 July 1861 to a group of 47 municipalities 1 February 1881 new hq

p. 79 28 March 1973 statutes of Crédit Communal changed to allow mortgage lending to private individuals

p. 83 16 December 1822: Société Générale founded Générale de Banque / Generale Bank

p. 84 1 January 1905 name changed to Société Générale de Belgique

p. 85 5 December 1934 split into holding company and bank