Belgium · Credit institution
Argenta
Legal name in the LEI recordARGENTA SPAARBANK
Argenta Spaarbank is a Belgian public limited company (nv) licensed as a credit institution. Its registered office is in Antwerp. It is 99.99% owned by Argenta Bank- en Verzekeringsgroep. That parent is controlled by Investeringsmaatschappij Argenta (Investar), the holding company of the founding Van Rompuy family. The bank provides payment, savings, mortgage, consumer lending and investment products to individuals and self-employed persons. In Belgium it sells through self-employed tied agents, and it has a branch in the Netherlands focused on mortgages and savings. It issues the Argenta group's debt, including covered bonds, EMTN notes and RMBS.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers. It is on the ECB list of supervised entities (see Regulatory status): that is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Regulatory status
ECB banking supervision
List of supervised entities as of 2026-07-01
- Classification
- Significant institution
- Supervisor
- European Central Bank (direct supervision)
- Listed as
- Argenta Spaarbank NV
- Entity type
- Credit institution
- Supervised group (ECB)
- Investeringsmaatschappij Argenta NV ; Société d'investissements Argenta SA ; Investierungsgesellschaft Argenta AG
- Why significant
- Size (Total assets EUR 50-75 bn)
European registers
ECB · monetary financial institutions
List as at 2026-09-25
- Category
- Credit institution
- Minimum reserves
- Subject to minimum reserves
- Listed as
- ARGENTA SPAARBANK
- RIAD code
- BE0404453574
Entries are matched on the LEI. Each register is quoted as its publisher lists it.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- ARSPBE22XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Reverse billingThe institution is connected to Swift. Messages sent to it are billed to the institution, not to the sender. The “2” in the eighth character of ARSPBE22 marks reverse billing.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- SCT · SCT Inst · SDD Core · SDD B2B · VOP · T2 · TIPS
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 1992-11-05
- Last updated
- 2014-10-04
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
99.99% Argenta Bank- en Verzekeringsgroep NV
Institution type
Savings bank
Trades as Argenta
- Ownership
- Argenta Bank- en Verzekeringsgroep holds 99.99% of the bank, and is itself owned 87.51% by Investar, the Van Rompuy family holding, and 12.49% by the cooperative Argen-Co.
- Direct parent
- Argenta Bank- en Verzekeringsgroep NV ↗, Belgium 99.99%
- Ultimate owner
- Investeringsmaatschappij Argenta NV (Investar), Belgium
- Head office
- Belgiëlei 49-53, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
- Company register
- 0404.453.574, RPR Antwerpen, afdeling Antwerpen
- Name in the local language
- Argenta Spaarbank nv
Business lines
According to its 2026 half-year report, the bank operates only in retail banking for individuals and self-employed persons, and mortgage loans make up most of its loan book in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Online
- Websites & references
- argenta.eu ↗
argenta.be ↗ Belgian retail site (Dutch and French)
argenta.nl ↗ Netherlands branch retail site
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- argenta.be/nl/over-argenta.html
- argenta.be/nl/juridische-informatie.html
- argenta.be
- argenta.be/nl/over-argenta/persberichten.html
- argenta.eu/investor-relations/about-argenta.html
- argenta.eu/investor-relations/financial-information.html
- argenta.eu/content/dam/argenta/documenten/algemeen/jaarverslagen/2026/argenta-spaarbank-ifrs-half-ye
- argenta.be/content/dam/argenta/documenten/algemeen/arv/Algemeen%20Reglement%20der%20Verrichtingen.pd
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argenta_(bank)
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Peter Devlies
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chair
-
Marc van Heel
Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Chief financial officer
-
Johan Vankelecom
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Executive
-
Gert Wauters
Chief Risk Officer (CRO)
- Executive
-
Brigitte Buyle
Chief Technology Officer
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- European Union
- European Central Bank Prudential supervisor
- Belgium
- National Bank of Belgium Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorResolution
- Belgium
- Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) ConductSecurities
- European Union
- Single Resolution Board Resolution
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Merger / acquisition
The bank's subsidiary Arvestar Asset Management absorbed its parent Argenta Asset Management in a cross-border merger and took the name Argenta Asset Management.
argenta.eu ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- ARSPBE22XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- ARSPBank
- BECountry · Belgium
- 22Location · reverse billing
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- A6NZLYKYN1UV7VVGFX65
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
- National bank code
- Bank identification code 973 + 3 more
Profile
- Type
- Credit institutionListed as a credit institution, or a branch of one, on the ECB’s list of supervised entities, or named as a bank on the Financial Stability Board’s G-SIB list, directly or as a G-SIB’s main operating bank. These are the only bank lists the directory tracks so far.
- Regulation
- Prudentially supervised (ECB list)Prudentially supervised, according to the ECB list of supervised entities (as at 2026-07-01). This is banking supervision, not a licence on a tracked register.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Belgium · Europe & Central Asia
- Banking supervision
- Significant · supervised by the ECB as of 2026-07-01
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Argenta Bank - En Verzekeringsgroep · Belgium5493009ML6YX83YHC820 ↗
- Ultimate parent
- Investeringsmaatschappij Argenta - Société D'investissements Argenta - Investierungsgesellschaft Argenta · Belgium5493008QOCP58OLEN998 ↗
The Investeringsmaatschappij Argenta - Société D'investissements Argenta - Investierungsgesellschaft Argenta group has 2 institutions in the directory, in 2 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Argenta Spaarbank N.V..
See the Investeringsmaatschappij Argenta - Société D'investissements Argenta - Investierungsgesellschaft Argenta group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- BELGIELEI 49-53 ANTWERPEN 2018 BELGIUM
- Operational address
- BELGIELEI 49-53 ANTWERPEN 2018 ANTWERPEN BELGIUM
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ARSPBE22XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>A6NZLYKYN1UV7VVGFX65</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ARSPBE22XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>A6NZLYKYN1UV7VVGFX65</LEI>
<Nm>ARGENTA</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>ANTWERPEN</TwnNm>
<Ctry>BE</Ctry>
<AdrLine>BELGIELEI 49-53 ANTWERPEN 2018</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Payment schemes and systems
EPC registers of 2026-09-11 · ECB T2 list of 2026-07-02 · ECB TIPS list of 2026-09-01 · SIX Bank Master valid on 2026-09-28
| Scheme or system | Since | Registered with | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPA Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2008-01-28 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Instant Credit TransferISO 20022 messages | 2018-11-18 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit CoreISO 20022 messages | 2009-11-02 | Head office | — |
| SEPA Direct Debit Business-to-BusinessISO 20022 messages | 2010-11-01 | Head office | — |
| Verification of Payee | 2025-10-05 | Head office | — |
| T2 (Eurosystem real-time gross settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
| TIPS (TARGET Instant Payment Settlement)ISO 20022 messages | — | Head office | — |
SEPA dates are when the institution became ready for the scheme. The T2 list names direct participants only and gives no joining date. TIPS entries have no joining date.
An institution missing from T2 may still be reachable through an indirect participant. The ECB’s TIPS list does not separate participants from reachable parties. It includes institutions reachable in Swedish kronor as well as in euro.
“ISO 20022 messages” marks a scheme or system whose rulebook or operator specifies ISO 20022 for messages between participants.
National bank codes
Bank identification code · Belgium
Showing 2 of 4 codes file of 2026-09-01
| Code | Routes to BIC | Name in the national file |
|---|---|---|
| 973 | ARSPBE22 | Argenta Spaarbank (ASPA) |
| 978-980 | ARSPBE22 | Argenta Spaarbank (ASPA) |
Each code shows the name in the national file. Smaller banks often route through a central institution’s BIC. A code can therefore belong to a different bank than the one on this page.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Payment schemes and systems—Source: European Payments Council (EPC) Registers of Participants; matched to BICs by Elucidate. Source: European Central Bank, List of T2 participants. Source: European Central Bank, List of TIPS participants and reachable parties.
- Banking supervision—Source: European Central Bank, list of supervised entities.
- National bank codes—Belgium (Source: National Bank of Belgium).
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
- European registers—Source: European Central Bank (ECB), list of monetary financial institutions and list of institutions subject to minimum reserves. Matched on LEI by Elucidate.
- Images—logos and photos from Wikimedia Commons (credited with their author and licence) or from the institution's own website, where Wikimedia has none. Elucidate keeps a copy of each; the links lead to the source and the original image. Logo: argenta.eu (official website) · original; Peter Devlies: argenta.be (official website) · original; Marc van Heel: argenta.eu (official website) · original; Johan Vankelecom: argenta.be (official website) · original; Gert Wauters: argenta.eu (official website) · original; Brigitte Buyle: argenta.eu (official website) · original.
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