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An examination of 200 predecessors of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. founded before 1888, determined that some had connections to African slavery, either in the United States or elsewhere in the Americas. [13] By 2007, ABN AMRO was the second-largest bank in the Netherlands and the eighth-largest in Europe by assets.
De Nederlandsche Bank in Amsterdam ING Group is one of the biggest banks in the world, and consistently ranks among the top 30 largest banks globally. With a history dating back to 1737, Van Lanschot Kempen is the oldest independent bank in the Netherlands , [ 1 ] the oldest independent bank in the Benelux [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and one of the oldest ...
The AMsterdamsche en ROtterdamsche Bank (AMRO Bank, lit. ' Bank of Amsterdam and Rotterdam ') was a major Dutch bank that was created in 1964 by the merger of the Amsterdamsche Bank (est. 1871) and the Rotterdamsche Bank (est. 1863). [1] In 1991, it merged with Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) to form ABN AMRO.
Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN, "General Bank of the Netherlands") was a Dutch bank that was created in 1964 through the merger of the Netherlands Trading Society (Dutch: Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij, NHM, est. 1824) with the Twentsche Bank (TB, est. 1861). [1]
ABN then merged with AMRO Bank to form ABN AMRO in 1991, and in 1992 Mees & Hope subsequently merged with AMRO's investment banking arm, Pierson Heldring & Pierson, to form MeesPierson. In 1997, MeesPierson was acquired by Fortis Group , then nationalized in 2008 by the Dutch government together with Fortis Bank Nederland , which in 2009 was ...
Until 2009, the bank was known as Fortis MeesPierson. The name derives from the November 1992 merger of merchant banks Mees & Hope (founded by Franco Cordelois, Jan de Vrijer & Rudolf & Gregorius Mees as Cordelois, de Vrijer & Mees in 1720, becoming G. Mees & Zoon and was renamed R. Mees & Zoonen which merged with Hope & Co. (founded by Scots Jan & Henry Hope in 1762) in 1962) and Pierson ...
It consisted of Delta Lloyd, OHRA, ABN AMRO Verzekeringen and a few minor banks. The company was the sixth-largest insurer in the Netherlands, with a market share of approximately 8% before it was acquired by NN Group in 2017.
Currence was founded on 1 January 2005 through an initiative by eight Dutch banks (ABN AMRO, Rabobank, ING Groep, Fortis, SNS Bank, BNG, Friesland Bank and Van Lanschot Kempen). It was originally known as Brandts & Licences Betalingsverkeer Nederland B.V. during its development stage and was renamed as Currence from the 17 May 2005.