General queries

Frequently asked questions

General queries

Frequently asked questions

General queries on KBC Brussels Mobile

  1. A smartphone or tablet
  2. A KBC Brussels Debit Card and card reader, the itsme app or a personal QR code from your branch or insurance agency (as an additional check, we may also ask to see your ID card)
  3. An account with us (you can open an account with us online or the first time you use the app)

Even if you’re not a customer with us, you can still benefit from some of the advantages of KBC Brussels Mobile, like our additional services. All you need is a smartphone with a mobile number.

  1. A smartphone or tablet
  2. The itsme app or your personal QR code (at your branch or insurance agency).

See a list of the devices and operating systems we support.

You won’t be able to install KBC Brussels Mobile on a rooted Android device or jailbroken iPhone or iPad, nor will you be able to use KBC Brussels Mobile if the device is manipulated after the app has been installed.

You can do so using a Wi-Fi connection or via your mobile phone network.

We don’t currently charge for the app or use of our mobile banking service and don't plan to either. We may charge for new additional features in the future, but we’ll always ask first whether you wish to use and pay for them. That way, you’ll never be faced with extra charges all of a sudden. If you use KBC Brussels Mobile over a Wi-Fi connection or mobile phone network, additional charges may apply.

If you don’t use Wi-Fi, you’ll need a data plan. You will not need ‘Unlimited use’, as large amounts of data are never sent.

Yes, you can when you want to quickly access frequently used services.

How to do it on an iPhone or iPad:

  1. Long-press an app on the start screen of your phone or tablet and select ‘Edit start screen’
  2. Press the plus sign (+) at the top left
  3. Type ‘KBC Brussels’ in the search bar and select KBC Brussels Mobile
  4. Choose the widget you want to pin, hold it down, drag it to the start screen of your phone or tablet and release it where you want it to go

How to do it on an Android device:

  1. Log in to KBC Brussels Mobile and tap the cogwheel or your profile photo in the top left
  2. Scroll to ‘App settings’ and tap ‘Widgets’
  3. Choose the widget you want to pin to your start screen (when the widget appears at the bottom of your screen, hold it down, drag it to the start screen of your phone or tablet and release it where you want it to go

Offer

  • A list of KBC Brussels banking and insurance products that you can purchase online in our Mobile and Touch apps or on our website
  • Information on themes such as ‘Energy’ and ‘Becoming more sustainable together’
  • Additional services that, for instance, enable you to pay for parking, buy train or bus tickets or order service vouchers and cinema tickets
  • The tickets you bought for an additional service

If a product is only available through our website and not through our KBC Brussels Touch or KBC Brussels Mobile app, you’re redirected to our website and therefore leave the app. We do this so we can help you as quickly as possible.

Help

In the app's login screen, go to 'Menu > Contact > General contacts' to see a list of contacts.

Call us immediately any time on 016 432 000  (+32 16 432 000 from abroad) (emergency numbers).

We'll block access to your KBC Brussels Mobile account right away. If you want to use KBC Brussels Mobile again, you'll need to re-register and re-activate the app.

Apps that compress data on the 3G network to reduce data traffic may prevent KBC Brussels Mobile from working properly. Our systems are unable to use compressed data, so you’ll be shown an error message.

So, watch out for apps like these and avoid downloading them unnecessarily. And if you already have apps like this installed, uninstall them to avoid problems with KBC Brussels Mobile.

Still have questions or want to learn more? Just call our KBC Brussels Helpdesk.

My KBC

All your KBC Brussels products and services are conveniently listed under ‘My KBC’, including your accounts, means of payment, investments, loans and insurance.

You will also find your contacts, appointments, messages and documents (including tax certificates, expense statements and invoices) under ‘My KBC’.

Any products that used to be categorised under ‘Home’, ‘Family’ or ‘Vehicle’ can now be found under ‘My KBC’ in the ‘Loans and insurance’ category. You can view details of any loans and insurance in your name or for which you have power of attorney.

Claim under virtually any personal insurance with us the easy way using our KBC Brussels Mobile app, including claims relating to:

  • Hospitalisation
  • Home damage
  • Vehicle damage
  • Family

Submit and easily track claims using KBC Brussels Mobile.

You can calculate and take out

  • Insurance for your passenger car, light goods vehicle or motorcycle
  • Travel insurance
  • Home assistance insurance
  • Home insurance
  • Bicycle insurance
  • Accident insurance
  • Family insurance

You can also calculate and take out loans, including

  • Instalment loans
  • Mortgage loans (home loans)

Business loans and insurance

Under ‘My KBC’.

You can check details of business finance where you're the borrower, legal representative or agent.

You can also check details of business insurance where you're the insured or policyholder.

You can work out and apply for

  • Business budget facilities (letting you overdraw your business account)
  • Tax pre-payment plans
  • Car, van or light goods vehicle finance through investment credit, leasing or renting

You can work out and apply for

  • Passenger car insurance
  • Light goods vehicle insurance
  • Motorcycle insurance

Open the details of your finance or insurance for a link to more information.
If you still have questions, just contact KBC Brussels Live for more help.

Signing documents digitally

Currently, you can sign for

  • Business credit facilities without new guarantees
  • Tax-prepayment plans
  • Home loans
  • Home insurance
  • Loan balance insurance
  • Travel insurance, assistance insurance for your home, bicycle insurance, accident insurance, family insurance, car insurance, motorcycle insurance, cyber insurance
  • Business insurance for employees, third-party liability, equipment and ten-year liability
  • Voluntary Supplementary Pension Scheme for the Self-employed (VSPSS) and Social VSPSS, National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (NIHDI), Pension Agreement for the Self-employed (PAS), Individual Pension Scheme (IPS), Group insurance

You’re sent an alert which will appear under ‘Actions’ (tap the bell icon in the top righthand corner of the screen after logging in). Tap the alert to go to where you can sign.

You do this the same way as you sign transfer orders.

Yes, as long as they all have KBC Brussels Touch or KBC Brussels Mobile.

Everyone signs on their own device with their own user account.

Signed documents or contracts can be found

  • On the product details screen in Mobile and under ‘Documents’ under ‘My KBC’
  • In your documents in Touch
  • In Doccle (if you have a Doccle account)

Messages can be accessed for two years and documents for at least seven years.

There are two ways to get and/or print off your documents

  • Download them while going through the steps
  • Download the signed documents from ‘Documents’ or Doccle

Activating itsme using KBC Brussels Mobile

It’s an app that allows you to place your identity card on your smartphone with total security.
It is a collaborative venture between Belgium’s big banks, Orange, Telenet, Proximus and the government.

Learn more about itsme.

If you already use our Mobile app, you can use it to sign up for itsme.

When signing up, select us as your bank. We’ve already scanned your ID card when you decided to bank with us, so we can forward these details securely to itsme.

If you’re not yet with us, then you’ll need to register on itsme through another bank or using an electronic identity card.

If you’ve installed the itsme app, you can use it to register in KBC Brussels Mobile without a debit card and card reader, even if you’re not a customer with us.

You can also use itsme to open an account with us through our website. Accounts you open with us online can be used right away. You must be over 18.

The itsme app lets you log in and sign for things in various applications. In due course, card readers (eID readers, card readers, etc.) will all become redundant.

Just call our Helpdesk. Tap 'My KBC', followed by 'All contacts' under the 'Your contacts' section to see a list of your contacts.

Limits

See our various daily limits and the minimum and maximum amounts we use in KBC Brussels Mobile.

Learn more about limits and the applicable amounts.

Questions about 'Start'

At the bottom of your start screen, tap ‘Personalise start screen’ and then ‘Choose sections’.
Tap, hold and drag the three-bar icon to rearrange the order they appear in.

At the bottom of your start screen, tap ‘Personalise start screen’ and then ‘Choose sections’.
Tap the checkmarks to hide or include sections.

If the ‘For you’ section isn’t visible, it means there are no new notifications for you. The section disappears when you have deleted all notifications and only becomes visible again when a new notification is available for you.

  • Swipe the tiles at the top of your home screen all the way to the left
  • Tap ‘Edit favourites’
  • Tap and hold the three-bar icon next to your product and drag it to your preferred position
  • Swipe the tiles at the top of your home screen all the way to the left
  • Tap ‘Edit favourites’
  • Uncheck the product you want to remove from your home screen
  1. At the bottom of the start screen, tap ‘Personalise start screen’ and then ‘Customise start screen’
  2. Hold your finger on the three-bar icon next to the section you want to move
  3. Drag the section to where you want to see it
  1. At the bottom of the start screen, tap ‘Personalise start screen’ and then ‘Personalise start screen’
  2. Tap the checkmarks to hide or include sections

By default, we hide your most recent payments on your start screen. If you’d prefer to see them, tap ‘Show payments’ just below your accounts.

It shows you relevant messages you’ve opted to receive.

You can change your settings here

  • ‘Extra convenience’: Start > Your profile icon/photo at the top left of your screen > Security and privacy > Privacy > Extra convenience
  • 'Commercial settings': Start > Your profile icon/photo at the top left of your screen > Security and Privacy > Privacy'> Show insights and categories

You’re always shown your favourite additional services. We adapt this as you start to use other services.

  • ‘Income & expenditure’ gives you a handy overview of your income and expenditure for the current month. When you tap it, you can compare the money that’s come in and what you’ve spent over the past few months.
  • If you also want to set and monitor budgets, simply tap ‘View more’. This tile shows the amount you've already spent within a certain budget category for the current month. Tap it to make a comparison with previous months. The tile automatically appears in your start screen when you’ve set a budget.
  • We have also provided an overview of your subscriptions, which you can see by tapping ‘View more’. For each subscription, you get a page detailing the payments made over the past six months and a link to the supplier's website for cancelling the subscription.
    If you don’t see a full list, it’s because this service is still under development!
  • Smart insights’ appear under your income and expenditure and are provided to help you manage your day-to-day finances.
  • Tap the three dots in the top right corner of the tile and then ‘Hide on start screen’. The tile will disappear from your start screen right away.
  • You can also disable the extra convenience feature by tapping your settings, scrolling to and tapping ‘Privacy’, then ‘Extra convenience’ and turning it off. When you do this, you can no longer use ‘Income & expenditure’.
  • Tap ‘Personalise start screen’ (at the bottom of the start screen) and remove the ‘Income & expenditure’ tile from your start screen.
  • In your start screen, tap ‘View more’ next to ‘Income and expenditure’ and select ‘New budget’
  • Tap the tile with your budgets in the start screen and then the plus sign (+) at the top to set a new monthly budget

Tap the tile with your budgets in the start screen, use the icons at the top to choose your category and tap ‘Change your budget’ at the bottom of the screen.  

You’ve either chosen not to display your insights or you don’t have a current account at KBC Brussels.

  • Tap your profile icon/photo at the top left of your screen, scroll to and tap ‘Privacy’ and then ‘Extra convenience’. Activate ‘Extra convenience’ there.
  • Then tap ‘Personalise start screen’ at the bottom of your start screen, select ‘Choose sections’ and then ‘Income & expenditure’ by ticking its check box. The tile will appear on your start screen right away.

What’s new in KBC Brussels Mobile?

After every update, you will receive a message informing you about the new features available on your home screen. You will also find details on these new features in the tips and tricks section in KBC Brussels Mobile.

No, you will only see the new features available to you.

Yes, you can. Services you can already use are at the top of the list, whereas services requiring a KBC Brussels account are listed below.

Open an account with KBC Brussels. Tap ‘See how’ on any of the information pages and open a new account quickly and easily online.

They will become available as soon as you have updated the app.

Useful tips & tricks in Mobile

For KBC Brussels customers

  • Tap ‘Offer’
  • At the bottom of your screen, tap ‘Get started’ under ‘Getting the most out of our app? See how with our top tips and tricks’

You have linked Mobile to an account held with another financial institution

  • Tap the ‘Payments’ tab at the bottom of your screen
  • Tap the banner at the top of your screen

You use Mobile but do not currently hold an account with KBC Brussels

  • Tap the ‘Payments’ tab at the bottom of your screen
  • Tap the banner at the top of your screen
    Or
  • Go to ‘Settings’ and tap ‘What can you do with KBC Brussels Mobile?’