The Banque Liégeoise, full original name Banque liégeoise et Caisse d'Épargnes (), was a bank in

Liège Liège ( ; ; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east o ...

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. It was founded in 1835 and was initially among the note-issuing banks in the recently established country, together with the

Société Générale de Belgique The ' (, ; often referred to in Belgium simply as "Société Générale" or SGB) was an investment bank and, subsequently, an industrial and financial conglomerate in Belgium between 1822 and 2003. It has been described as the world's first u ...

, the

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, and the Bank of Flanders in

Ghent Ghent ( ; ; historically known as ''Gaunt'' in English) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium, province ...

. It waived its banknote issuance privilege in 1875 in favor of the

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. By 1921 the Banque Liégeoise had foreign investments in Greece, Italy, and Spain. By the second world war, its activity had come to an end. Its head office was on in Liège.

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