Banque Liégeoise

{{short description|Former Belgian bank}}

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The Banque Liégeoise, full original name Banque liégeoise et Caisse d'Épargnes ({{lit|Liège Bank and Savings Bank}}),{{R|Laces|p=26}} was a bank in Liège, Belgium. 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 Banque de Belgique, and the Bank of Flanders in Ghent.{{R|Laces|p=25}}

It waived its banknote issuance privilege in 1875 in favor of the National Bank of Belgium.{{citation |title=Belgian Laces: Official Quarterly Bulletin of The Belgian Researchers |publisher=Belgian American Heritage Association |date=March 2009 |url=https://sites.rootsweb.com/~inbr/ytfgv2009/BGTTBP.pdf }}{{rp|25}}

By 1921 the Banque Liégeoise had foreign investments in Greece, Italy, and Spain.{{citation |page=64 |publisher=Federal Reserve Board |location=Washington DC |title=Federal Reserve Bulletin |date=January 1921 |url=https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/publications/FRB/1920s/frb_011921.pdf}} By the second world war, its activity had come to an end. Its head office was on {{ill|Place Saint-Paul (Liège){{!}}Place Saint-Paul|fr|Place Saint-Paul (Liège)}} in Liège.{{cite web |website=Liège Université - Musée Wittert |title=Bref historique |url=https://www.wittert.uliege.be/cms/c_11676918/fr/wittert-bref-historique}}