General information

Population

11.7M

Online population

11.7M

Currency

EUR

Market overview

Population - 11.7M

[At the start](https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-belgium#:~:text=The state of digital in Belgium in 2024&text=Belgium was home to 9.17,percent of the total population.) of 2024, 98.2% of Belgium’s population lived in urban centres, while 1.8% lived in rural areas.

Internet penetration - 95.3%

There [were](https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-belgium#:~:text=The state of digital in Belgium in 2024&text=Belgium was home to 9.17,percent of the total population.) 11.1M internet users in Belgium at the start of 2024.

FinTech Outlook: Trends, Insight & Technology

There are 211 FinTechs in Belgium.

Brussels and Antwerp are leading FinTech hubs, benefiting from proximity to European financial institutions. The B-Hive platform, for example, promotes collaboration between startups, government entities, and established financial services providers. Notable FinTechs include Bancontact Payconiq, iBanFirst, and Unified Post.

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**FinTech Belgium** FinTech Belgium is the independent federation of FinTechs in Belgium. This non-profit organisation was created in 2015 by and for Belgian FinTech companies. It is the first and largest community of FinTechers in the country, gathering financial professionals, startup entrepreneurs and investors, who are interested in discovering and discussing disruptive business models and new technology for the financial services industry.

FinTech Belgium has announced the opening of FIRe, the largest hub dedicated to Digital Finance, located in the heart of Europe in Brussels, Belgium.

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Banks

There are 119 banks operating in Belgium as for 2024.

Digital banks