# Keytrade Bank > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Keytrade_Bank > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Keytrade_Bank.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keytrade_Bank > Source revision: 1333462219 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Keytrade Bank** is a Belgium [financial services](/source/Financial_services) company based in [Brussels](/source/Brussels) with a subsidiary in [Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg).[3] The company provides [banking services](/source/Banking_services) and is a [brokerage firm](/source/Brokerage_firm) providing trading in a number of financial instruments. ## History VMS-Keytrade, Belgium's first online investment site, was found in 1998.[1] In 2002, VMS-Keytrade became Keytrade Bank and acquired its banking status by taking over RealBank.[4] Between 2005 and 2016, Keytrade Bank was part of the [Crelan Group](/source/Crelan), which until 2015 was 50% owned by the [Crédit Agricole](/source/Cr%C3%A9dit_Agricole) Group, one of Europe's largest groups (own funds of €64.8 billion and net profit of €6 billion[5]).[6] Since June 2016, Keytrade Bank has been part of the [Crédit Mutuel Arkéa](/source/Cr%C3%A9dit_Mutuel_Ark%C3%A9a) banking group.[7] ## Products Keytrade Bank offers all banking and trading services online. ### Banking Keytrade Bank offers usual [banking services](/source/Banking_services) with a current account, savings account, term account and also provides debit and credit cards. - [Current account](/source/Current_account_(banking)): yielding 5 cents for each operation executed, includes Bancontact / Mister Cash / [Maestro cards](/source/Maestro_card) for free and [VISA](/source/Visa_Inc.) and [American Express](/source/American_Express) credit cards. - [Savings account](/source/Savings_account): account with an interest rate of 0.05% a year + 0.20% fidelity premium. - [Term account](/source/Term_deposit): period of the term between 1 week and 1 year and with the possibility to break up the term or to extend the time. ### Trading As a [brokerage firm](/source/Brokerage_firm), Keytrade Bank offers access to several markets: [Euronext Brussels](/source/Euronext_Brussels), [Paris](/source/Paris_stock_exchange) and [London Stock Exchange](/source/London_Stock_Exchange), [Frankfurt](/source/Frankfurt) (Xetra), [Milan](/source/Milan) ([Borsa Italiana](/source/Borsa_Italiana)), Switzerland (SWX et Virt-x), [Madrid](/source/Madrid) ([Bolsa de Madrid](/source/Bolsa_de_Madrid)), [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam), the U.S. ([Nyse](/source/Nyse), [Nasdaq](/source/Nasdaq), Amex et OTC-BB) and Canada (TSX & TSX Venture). Keytrade Bank presents a broad range of products for private investors, including [stocks](/source/Stock), [options](/source/Option_(finance)), [warrants](/source/Warrant_(finance)), [turbos](/source/Turbocharger), [mutual funds](/source/Mutual_funds), [trackers](/source/Index_fund), [bonds](/source/Bond_(finance)), [structured products](/source/Structured_products). Keytrade Bank also offers Keytrade Pro, a professional [day-trading](/source/Day-trading) and [trend trading](/source/Trend_following) platform for new products, which is used to be accessible only to professional investors. This platform allows the investor to invest in: - The [Forex](/source/Forex) (with 160 currency crosses) - The [Futures](/source/Futures_contract) market with more than 400 available contracts in 15 markets - [CFDs](/source/Contract_for_difference) which allow investors to take position on more than 3500 underlying stocks on the 22 largest global markets with a leverage effect from 1 to 10. ## Marketing Keytrade Bank provides the numbers used in the daily financial magazine *Cotes et Cours*, which is broadcast by the [RTBF](/source/RTBF).[8] This partnership allows Keytrade Bank to run a short spot advertising just before and after the magazine. On 29 September 2014, KeytradeBank Belgium introduced a new brand identity: a new logo, website and advertising campaign were announced.[9] ## References 1. ["Keytrade Bank - About us"](https://www.keytradebank.be/en/about/). *keytradebank.be* 1. The [Keytrade Bank organization chart](https://www.keytradebank.be/en/about/management-team/) 1. ["Arkea Direct Bank et Keytrade Bank, Banque-Carrefour des Entreprises"](https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://kbopub.economie.fgov.be/kbopub/zoeknaamfonetischform.html?searchWord=keytrade&_oudeBenaming=on&pstcdeNPRP=&postgemeente1=&ondNP=true&_ondNP=on&ondRP=true&_ondRP=on&rechtsvormFonetic=ALL&vest=true&_vest=on&filterEnkelActieve=true&_filterEnkelActieve=on&actionNPRP=Recherche#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url). *archive.wikiwix.com*. Retrieved 2022-09-13. 1. Servaty, Philippe (2002-04-03). ["Finances Le courtier en ligne rachète RealBank et devient banquier Le banco de VMS-Keytrade Courage en ligne.!"](https://www.lesoir.be/art/finances-le-courtier-en-ligne-rachete-realbank-et-devie_t-20020403-Z0LNXD.html) (in French). *Le Soir*. Retrieved 2022-09-13. 1. ["Investisseur et actionnaire - Accueil"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080708234658/http://www.credit-agricole-sa.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=241). *Crédit Agricole*. Archived from [the original](http://www.credit-agricole-sa.fr/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=241) on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-07-09. 1. ["De Groep Crelan"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130411081947/http://crelan.be/nl/algemeen/artikelen/groep-landbouwkrediet). *Crelan*. Archived from [the original](http://crelan.be/nl/algemeen/artikelen/groep-landbouwkrediet) on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 2013-04-02. 1. ["Home"](https://www.cm-arkea.com/arkea/banque/assurances/j_6/en/home). *www.cm-arkea.com*. Retrieved 2024-03-31. 1. ["Cotes et cours - Accueil - RTBF TV"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130726020044/http://www.rtbf.be/tv/emission/detail_cotes-et-cours?emissionId=79). *RTBF TV* (in French). [XAULC](https://www.xchief.com/analytics/charts/XAUUSD/). Archived from [the original](http://www.rtbf.be/tv/emission/detail_cotes-et-cours?emissionId=79) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20141030091311/http://www.rtbf.be/tv/emission/detail_cotes-et-cours?emissionId=79) 2014-10-30 at the Wayback Machine on 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2025-10-27. 1. ["Prenez le contrôle de vos investissements - Keytrade Bank"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uzRTjTMrUA). *YouTube*. 27 September 2014. [Archived](https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/2uzRTjTMrUA) 2021-12-21 at the Wayback Machine. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Keytrade Bank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keytrade_Bank) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keytrade_Bank?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.