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Fortis Bank Nederland (formally Fortis Bank Nederland (Holding) N.V.) was a bank in the Netherlands until 2010. The holding came into being within Fortis Group, as a holding for those Dutch banks taken over by Fortis. In September–October 2008, the Dutch government first planned to invest €4 billion in exchange for an almost 50% interest in ...
Fortis, formally Fortis N.V./S.A., was a Benelux-centered global financial services group active in insurance, banking and investment management, initially formed in 1990 by a three-way Belgian-Dutch merger and headquartered in Brussels.
The bank was created in May 2009 after BNP Paribas acquired 75% of the Belgian Fortis Bank from the Federal Participation and Investment Company. It was formerly, together with Fortis Bank Nederland , the banking arm of the financial institution Fortis .
On June 23, 1999, all the Fortis banking companies merged, but the merger was not seen on the streets until March 21, 2000, when the name Fortis Bank was henceforth used. [ 7 ] Fortis Bank was created in 1999 from the merger of Générale de Banque and ASLK / CGER in Belgium, and Generale Bank Nederland, VSB Bank and MeesPierson in the Netherlands.
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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 ...
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 ...
Fortis Healthcare, a chain of hospitals in India; Fortis Inc., a Canadian utility holding company; Fortis Group, a defunct banking, financial services, and insurance company, based in the Benelux or their successors: Ageas, formed from the insurance operations of Fortis; ASR Nederland, formed from the Dutch insurance operations of Fortis