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Antwerp Diamond Bank

Logo: Antwerp Diamond Bank NV, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Bank that specialized exclusively in serving the diamond and the diamond jewelry sector

The Antwerp Diamond Bank (ADB; French: Banque Diamantaire Anversoise, Dutch: Antwerpse Diamantbank), created in 1934 and known during its first few years as Comptoir Diamantaire Anversois, was a small bank that specialized exclusively in serving the diamond and the diamond-jewelry industry. In addition to its headquarters in Antwerp, it had offices covering major traditional as well as emerging diamond centers such as Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong, Mumbai, and New York.2 It employed 180 people.1 It ceased to exist in 2014.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1934Founded1
  • Industrybank1
  • HeadquartersAntwerpen1
  • Websitewww.antwerpdiamondbank.com
  • Legal formSOCIETE ANONYME / NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP3
  • LEI549300FVD3A88IKSL7643
  • StatusInactive3
  • LEI statusRetired3
  • Registered addressPELIKAANSTRAAT 54, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium3
  • Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 0404.465.5513

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The Antwerp Diamond Bank (ADB; French: Banque Diamantaire Anversoise, Dutch: Antwerpse Diamantbank), created in 1934 and known during its first few years as Comptoir Diamantaire Anversois, was a small bank that specialized exclusively in serving the diamond and the diamond-jewelry industry. In addition to its headquarters in Antwerp, it had offices covering major traditional as well as emerging diamond centers such as Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong, Mumbai, and New York. In 1999, ADB became a wholly owned subsidiary of KBC Bank, and in 2014 it was wound down after a sale process to the Chinese Yinren Group failed.2

The story

Société Belge de Banque established the Comptoir Diamantaire Anversois (CDA) in 1934, in partnership with Banque Transatlantique, Société Internationale Forestière et Minière du Congo, and the De Beers Group. The CDA was the first financial institution to focus solely and entirely on the needs of the diamond industry. It opened its registered office in the Antwerp diamond district.

In 1937, Belgium passed bank reform legislation that allowed the CDA to become a bank, upon which the company changed its name to Antwerp Diamond Bank. It simultaneously doubled its equity base to BEF60 million (approximately 1.5 million euros), by bringing in the Kredietbank and Banque de Bruxelles as shareholders.

From Wikipedia’s article on Antwerp Diamond Bank, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. 2014Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1934Founded Founded1

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