July 22, 2026 02:51 PM GMT KBC Group NV | Europe Update on Ethias News Flow What's new: Last weekend, the Belgian press (Tijd and L'Echo) reported that the government was exploring a potential merger Ethias and Belfius – this was seen as a negative by some KBC investors, as the market had considered a possible KBC acquisition of Ethias as a positive catalyst. Today, the finance minister is reported (De Standaard) as saying that a Belfius-Ethias tie-up is only one of a number of possible options being explor ...