Transport titles at non-regulated prices (such as weekend tickets, multi-multi, multi, multi-standard local), as well as SNCB parking lots will also be indexed by 2.91%. The SNCB part of intermodal subscriptions at unregulated rate (City Pass, Unlimited Subscription) will follow the same evolution as other subscriptions (+3.03%).
The price of tickets up 3% at the SNCB in February
The product for young people during school holidays, the “Youth Holidays”, will also be accessible at a price of 39 euros, against 35 euros. Its weekly version will be sold at a rate of 19 euros, one euro more than at present.
TEC prices will be indexed by 3.74%. The increase will be distributed over all transport titles, with the exception of group titles and subscriptions at 12 euros per year for 18-24 years, BIM and over 65, whose prices remain Unchanged.
For example, the price of a Next trip will go from 2.1 to 2.2 euros and an express trip will now cost 5.1 euros instead of 5 euros. As for subscriptions, that of one month (Next) will evolve from 37.1 to 38.2 euros for 25 to 64 year olds in full rate. The one year Next subscription for the same age group will increase from 323 to 332.3 euros.
In Brussels, the majority of the STIB tariff grid will experience an average increase of almost 5% from February 1. Some prices had already been indexed by around 5% last September, after a decade of gel in the price grid.
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The ticket, a trip, which cost 2.10 euros at the start of 2024 and 2.20 euros since September, will climb to 2.30 euros in February. The ticket one day will drop from 8 to 8.40 euros.
Brupass products (to travel on all public transport networks within the Brussels region) will experience a lower increase, between 1.5 and 3.8%: the ticket will pass from 2.60 to 2 , 70 euros, and the ticket valid for a day will amount to 9.50 euros, against 9.10 euros before.
The subscriptions will also be affected by the increase in prices. One month in Brussels public transport will return to 55 euros, instead of 52 so far, while the annual rate will drop from 520 to 550 euros.
-Belfius lowers rates on his savings account
Belfius decided to lower the interest rate on its savings account from February 1, “due to the evolution of rates on the financial markets”.
Due to the decision of the European Central Bank (ECB) to lower its rates last December from 25 basis points, bringing the deposit rate to 3.0%, Belfius decided to pass, from the 1st February, the basic rate for its savings account from 0.55% to 0.50%.
Belfius lowers rates on his savings account
The loyalty bonus will decrease by 0.55% to 0.40%. “For the payments made on the savings account before January 31, 2025, it is still the old loyalty bonus that applies. From January 31, 2025, the new loyalty bonus will apply to New deposits as well as on the previous deposits that have remained on the account for 12 months “, specifies Belfius.
On the other hand, interest rates on the savings account “Belfius Fidelity” remain unchanged (basic rate of 0.30% and loyalty bonus of 1.70%).
Belfius lowers rates on his savings account
The Liège energy supplier Mega recovers Walloon customers from Elegant
From February 1, the Flemish supplier Elegant stops providing energy from 1,600 Walloon customers. The latter will be taken over by Mega, the substitution supplier. Elegant has decided to focus only on Flanders where the company has some 120,000 customers. “Energy is a regional competence in our country, which means that the legislation that we must follow differs in the three regions. All our systems must be adapted to politics, which evolves regularly in each of them. With only 1,600 Contracts in Wallonia, the base is too limited to be profitable in this region, “justified the Elegant financial director, Peter Rodet.
The customers concerned have no procedures to be carried out, the contracts being resumed on similar conditions, companies said.
