Almanij

Founded in 1931 and absorbed into KBC Group in March 2005, Almanij (short for Algemene Maatschappij voor Nijverheidskrediet, or "General Company for Industry") was a Belgian holding company engaged in financial services.

As a project of the Catholic Algemeene Bankvereeniging, a Belgian bank established by the Leuvense Volksbank (Leuven) in Antwerp in 1921, Almanij was launched in 1931. To reorganize its industrial interests in Hungary and Belgium, this was done. Due to the economic crisis of 1935, the Middenkredietkas came dangerously close to going out of business, which prompted the creation of the Kredietbank, in which Almanij became a stakeholder.

Instead of relying on the Middenkredietkas, which was intimately associated with the Algemeene Bankvereeniging, the Catholic Boerenbond (E: Belgian Farmers' Union) established its own network of savings banks: CERA. The Kredietbank Luxembourgeoise, a private banking institution, was established in Luxembourg in 1949.

Founded: 1931
Headquarters: Antwerpen Belgium
Website: https://www.kbc.com