Fortis Banking Online
Fortis Banking Online
In 1993, Fortis acquired a most interest in ASLK-CGER, a Belgian bank and insurer, from the Belgian regime. In addition to acquiring a retail bank in Poland, FortisBanking acquired 89.3% of the shares of Turkey’s fifth largest privately owned bank .The 1997 year, Fortis took over the Dutch merchant bank MeesPierson..
In July 1998, Fortis Banking finished the merger with Generale Bank in Belgium. In a two-step takeover, Fortis acquired 98.2% of Generale Bank, which was then merged with ASLK-CGER in June 1999 to form FortisBank.
The mixing of of ASLK-CGER, Generale Bank, VSB Bank and Meespierson (in exclusion of Meespierson Private Banking) was completed in 2000. In 2002, Fortis acquired 100% of Intertrust Group.
On 28th September and 10th October 2008 the Belgian State acquired from Fortis Group 99,93 % of the shares of Fortis Bank Belgium, the major shareholder (94.1 %) of Fortis Turkey. This share transfer has been closed as of 13.05.2009 and BNP Paribas became the main shareholder of Fortis Bank Belgium. Fortis Bank Belgium is the majority shareholder of Fortis Bank Turkey owning 94.11 % of its shares and the Belgian State continues to hold 25 % shares of Fortis Bank Belgium.
Fortis Turkey is active in Retail, Corporate and Merchant Banking and Asset Management
The Dutch Government was unhappy about last year’s three-way break-up takeover of ABN Amro by Royal Bank of Scotland, Fortis and Santander. In recent weeks, the weight of the ABN deal on Fortis’s balance sheet had undermined confidence in the bank, sending its shares down and threatening a run on deposits.
The Belgian and Luxembourg governments said the Dutch takeover did not affect their purchases of stakes in Fortis
Fortis Online Banking
Fortis retail give some product like Fortis Online Banking. There some fitur you can do with this service such as:
- create Virtual Fortis Worldcard and change its usage settings
- pay your Fortis Worldcard balance
- pay for other Fortis credit cards
- buy / sell stocks
- buy / sell mutual funds
- buy / sell government bonds – treasury bills
- customize your Fortis internet banking settings
To sign in Fortis Banking online click that link.
