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ABN AMRO is the largest bank in the Netherlands and has operations all over the world.
It is the result of the merger in 1991 of Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) and AMRO - the Amsterdamsche-Rotterdamsche Bank.
History
- 1861: De Twenstche Bank was founded.
- 1863: The Rotterdamsche Bank was founded.
- 1871: The Amsterdamsche Bank was founded.
- 1962: Rotterdamsche Bank acquired Nationale Handelsbank.
- 1964: Amsterdamsche Bank merged with Rotterdamsche Bank to form AMRO Bank. Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij immediately merged with De Twentsche Bank to form Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN).
- 1968: ABN acquired Hollandsche Bank-Unie.
- 1991: ABN and AMRO merged to form ABN AMRO Bank.
Cluster bombs
From research done by the Campagne tegen Wapenhandel it appeared that ABN AMRO owns parts of INSYS, the British manufacturer of cluster bombs.