B.C.B. was originally one of the head office of the "Banque du Congo Belge" created on January 11th, 1909 on the initiative of the " Overseas Bank ".
From 1911 till 1952, the B.C.B. received the privilege to be " institute of emission".



Following the war 1914-1918, Belgium obtained "Ruanda-Urundi" in protectorate, and so it opened in 1922 the branch of Usumbura (at present Bujumbura), port of the lake Tanganyika and the commercial center of the region.

Bujumbura's branch till 1959

The branch becomes in the 50s "regional head office" having under its control the agencies of Astrida (Butare), Uvira, Bukavu, Goma, Kindu and Alberville.

Congo becomes a sovereign state. The Banque du Congo Belge makes contribution of its European activities to the Belgo-Congolaise Bank, established on April 14th, 1960 in Brussels. (Belgolaise since 1965)

It was only on the 25th of July 1964 that the name was modified into "B.C.B". In Europe the name changed to Belgolaise from 1965. In Rwanda, the Bank of Kigali will be constitued only in 1967.

Since 1964, the leaders of the B.C.B has continuously developped the Bank as the former Bank of Burundi which main activity consists in financing the export of the coffee, the tea, the cotton, the oil, as well as the regional business (the East of Congo).

From 1967, the Bank began its extensions towards the outside of the city with the main coffee regions :

Branch of B,C,B, in Bujumbura

At present the Banque de Crédit de Bujumbura is member of the group Belgolaise, one of the biggest banking groups completely dedicated in Africa.