subsidiary industry financial services founded 1990 headquarters brussels belgium key people maxime jadot ceo number of employees 37 000 of which 18.000 in belgium parent bnp paribas website www.bnpparibasfortis.com bnp paribas fortis is an international bank based in belgium and is a subsidiary of bnp paribas . it was formerly together with fortis bank nederland the banking arm of the financial institution fortis . after the ultimately unsuccessful abn amro takeover the subprime crisis and management mistakes led to the sale of the dutch and luxembourg parts of the banking branch to the dutch and luxembourg governments . fortis bank itself was first partly bought by the belgian government for 4.7 billion then fully purchased by the government and sold to bnp paribas . bnp paribas fortis is the largest bank in belgium . it offers a full range of financial services to private and corporate clients wealthy individuals companies public and financial institutions . the activities are divided into four business lines retail & private banking corporate & public banking corporate & investment banking and investment solutions . the bank supports its clients abroad via offices in some 80 countries of the parent bank bnp paribas . 1 2 contents 1 subsidiaries 2 see also 3 references 4 external links subsidiaries edit fortis investments asset management now part of bnp paribas investment partners fortis lease group fortis bank poland dominet bank fortis bank turkey bgl sa see also edit list of investors in bernard l. madoff securities references edit resolutions of the general meeting of shareholders of fortis sa nv held on 28 april 2009 in ghent 28 april 2009 . fortis press . retrieved 29 april 2009 . fortis asset sale to bnp cleared with dutch ok . reuters april 29 2009 . retrieved 30 april 2009 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to bnp paribas fortis . website for individuals & small enterprises international & corporate site corporate & public bank belgium the major role of the g n rale de banque in the development in belgium industry in source d histoire the street royale in the heart of economic history of belgium in source d histoire retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bnp paribas fortis & oldid 707479390 categories banks of belgiumbnp paribasbanks established in 1990hidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran ais nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 29 february 2016 at 02 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view