News Belgium: Meilleurtaux Enters Into a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Peasy, Creating the #1 Financial Services Champion for Household Finances in Belgium
PARIS, December 23, 2025--Meilleurtaux, a leading omnichannel financial services brokerage platform in France, Belgium, and Luxembourg backed by Silver Lake, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Peasy, a leading omnichannel broker for household finances in Flanders. Together, Meilleurtaux and Peasy will form a scaled and unified platform designed to serve Belgian households across the full spectrum of their financial needs, including mortgage credit, consume
News Belgium: UK's Saga shares soar on exclusive insurance talks with Belgium's Ageas
LONDON (Reuters) -Shares in Saga soared 11% on Friday after the British over-50s holiday group and Belgian insurer Ageas said they were in exclusive talks to set up a 20-year motor and home insurance broking partnership and after Saga reported underlying profits which more than tripled from a year earlier. Under their deal, Ageas would also buy Saga's insurance underwriting business for 67.5 million pounds ($88.1 million). Ageas, which abandoned attempts to take over British insurer Direct Line earlier this year, is looking to build on its non-life presence in Europe, and focus on products for an ageing population, it said in a statement.
News Belgium: Belgium General Insurance Market Report 2024: Gross Written Premium, Penetration, and Premium Ceded and Cession Rates Trends and Opportunities, 2018-2023 and 2024-2028
Dublin, May 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Belgium General Insurance Market, Key Trends and Opportunities to 2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.The report provides a detailed outlook by product category for Belgium's general insurance segment. It provides values for key performance indicators such as gross written premium, penetration, and premium ceded and cession rates during the review period (2019-23) and forecast period (2024-28).The report also analyzes dis
News Belgium: Plug Power Cancels 100 MW Antwerp Plant
Plug Power has written off €13.6 million and halted its planned 100 MW CHYMIA electrolyzer plant at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, underscoring financial and market hurdles in scaling green hydrogen production in Europe.
News Belgium: Belgium's games market reaches €600m in value
The Belgian games market grew 4% in 2021 to reach a new record value of €600 million. The figure was announced by Belgian Games, the new umbrella organisation gathering publishers and studios across ...
News Belgium: Belgium officially expands its Tax Shelter to games
Belgium's tax incentive for the games industry was officially approved by the European Commision today. Already in place for the AV industry since 2003 and performing arts since 2017, the Belgian Tax ...
News Belgium: Belgium card payments market to grow by 5.6% in 2024, forecasts GlobalData
The Belgium card payments market is forecast to grow by 5.6% in 2024 to reach €152bn ($164.3 bn), supported by high consumer preference for electronic payments, according to GlobalData, publishers of ...
News Belgium: Bitcoin ETFs will Change the 'Belgian Dentist' Forever
When the first eurobonds were issued in the early 1960s, few financiers at the time could have predicted the scale and adoption of these investment products. Almost 60 years later, the launch of spot ...
News Belgium: Belgium’s KBC Bank Opens Ethereum, Bitcoin Trading to Everyday Clients
Bitcoin and crypto trading rapidly shifted after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs in 2024. Now, not only are retailers watching, but the big boys are behind the scenes, dictating direction. As traders jostle to get in on time, buying the next 100X ...
News Belgium: Belgium Prefabricated Construction Industry Report 2024: Output to Grow by 5.1% this Year - Forecast to 2028
Dublin, Oct. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Belgium Prefabricated Construction Industry Business and Investment Opportunities Databook - 100+ KPIs, Market Size & Forecast by End Markets, Precast Products, and Precast Materials - Q1 2024 Update" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.The prefabricated construction industry in Belgium is expected to grow by 5.1% to reach EUR 2.99 billion in 2024.The medium to long-term growth story in Belgium remains intact. The prefabricate
News Belgium: Belgium Construction Market, Trends and Forecasts Analysis to 2028: Belgian Construction Industry to Register an Average Growth Rate of 3% from 2025 to 2028
Dublin, Sept. 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Belgium Construction Market Size, Trends, and Forecasts by Sector - Commercial, Industrial, Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities, Institutional and Residential Market Analysis to 2028 (H2 2024)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.The construction industry in Belgium is expected to decline by 2% in real terms in 2024, following a marginal annual growth of 0.5% in 2023. The industry's output in 2024 will be affected by challen
News Belgium: Belgium secures record €450M battery financing as EU eyes 145 GW storage gap
Belgium battery storage reached a new milestone as Giga Storage closed a record €450 million debt deal for its 700 MW Green Turtle project — backed by a 10-bank consortium and Tesla's factory-integrated Megablock technology — just as the EU prepares to publish an Electrification Action Plan calling for 145 gigawatts of new storage capacity by 2030.
News Belgium: Play ransomware claims attack on Belgium city of Antwerp
The Play ransomware operation has claimed responsibility for a recent cyberattack on the Belgium city of Antwerp. Last week, Digipolis, the IT company responsible for managing Antwerp's IT systems, ...
News Belgium: Abbove strengthens its banking position with the deployment of its platform at ING in Belgium
Belgian WealthTech Abbove announces the deployment of its wealth planning platform at ING Belgium. The bank is making a new digital wealth planning experience, ING Financial Compass, available to its ...
News Belgium: Belgium Cement Industry Report 2026: Portland, Blended, Specialty, Green Cement Market Size & Forecast by Value and Volume Across 100+ Market Segments 2021-2025 & 2026-2030
The Belgian cement market offers growth opportunities in residential, non-residential, and infrastructure sectors, driven by diverse cement types like Portland and green cement. Key opportunities lie in urbanization-driven demand, multi-tier city distribution, and with major players focusing on sustainability and market share expansion.Dublin, May 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Belgium Cement Industry Market Size & Forecast by Value and Volume Across 100+ Market Segments by Cement Products, D
News Belgium: Polygon Response to the Orange Belgium Financial Expert Report
--Polygon Global Partners LLP is the investment manager for the Polygon European Equity Opportunity Master Fund and certain client accounts which collectively are the holders of 5.29% of Orange Belgium's total share capital. As indicated in its Open Letter to the Board of Directors of Orange Belgium of 7 December 2020 and its public release of 1 February 2021,...
News Belgium: Mandatory Disclosure: Belgium Requires Large Companies to Provide Certain Non-Financial Information
The Background: On September 3, 2017, Belgium adopted a law implementing EC Directive 2014/95/EU on the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups.
News Belgium: Belgian DPA Finds Broad Tax Information Transfers to IRS Unlawful
The Belgian Data Protection Authority recently ruled that a Belgian government entity, FPS Finance, cannot transfer the personal data of “accidental Americans” to the IRS. According to the decision, ...
