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I have a friend who always says: “If you master money, life is incredibly easy. If you don’t, life is incredibly hard.”
More than 2.1 million Belgians – and nearly four in 10 Brussels residents – are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, according to new figures from statistics agency Statbel.
After three years of being a cash desert, the Brussels neighbourhood of Neder-Over-Heembeek finally has an ATM again.
Notices asking: “If you pay cash, please pay the right amount” are a common sight in Belgian shops today. The reason is clear – a serious lack of 10 and 20 cent pieces.
More cash machines, or ATMs, will open across Belgium as the country's major banks have pledged to accelerate the rollout of new "neutral" cash dispensers.
A new law entering force on 1 September will ban businesses in Belgium from charging other businesses - or individuals - a penalty on unpaid bills on the first reminder.
Belgium is set to issue new one-year bonds in its next round of federal fundraising, offering a 2.8% yield rate.
Belgians are the richest people in the world, according to new figures from Crédit Suisse's Global Wealth Report, which put the median wealth of Belgian residents at €228,594.
Belgium is continuing to lose its cash machines at a frightening rate, according to figures gathered by L’Echo and De Tijd newspapers.