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The Rotterdamsche Bank, known from 1911 to 1947 as Rotterdamsche Bankvereeniging or Robaver, was a significant bank in the

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, founded in 1863. In 1964, it merged with

Amsterdamsche Bank The Amsterdamsche Bank was a significant bank in the Netherlands, founded in 1871. In 1964, it merged with Rotterdamsche Bank to form AMRO Bank (for AMsterdamsche & ROtterdamsche). Overview Amsterdamsche Bank was established on by a group of ...

to form

AMRO Bank The AMsterdamsche en ROtterdamsche Bank (AMRO Bank, ) 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). In 1991, it merged with Algemene Bank Nederland ( ...

(for AMsterdamsche & ROtterdamsche).

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The Rotterdamsche Bank was established on by a group of businessmen and bankers, who took inspiration from the British Colonial Bank and aimed at financing trade and investment in the

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. After a difficult start, however, the bank soon focused on domestic business. Between 1911 and 1947 it was known as the Union Bank of Rotterdam (, abbreviated as Robaver), following its 1911 acquisition of Rotterdam competitor (est. 1900) and soon afterwards of Amsterdam brokers (est. 1765). Under the leadership of its ambitious managing director , it went on to acquire a number of local banks, but became overextended and had to be restructured under the aegis of

De Nederlandsche Bank De Nederlandsche Bank (, , abbr. DNB) is the national central bank for the Netherlands within the Eurosystem. It was the Dutch central bank from 1814 to 1998, issuing the guilder. Since 2014, it has also been the country's national competent au ...

in the mid-1920s. In 1928, it created the ("Women's Bank"), a bank targeted at a female customer base that lasted until 1971. In 1960, Rotterdamsche Bank acquired

Nationale Handelsbank The ''Nederlandsch-Indische Handelsbank'' (NIHB, ) was a Dutch bank established in 1863 to finance trade between the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. During most of the colonial period, it was the second-largest of the “big three” comm ...

, a major former colonial bank that had been known until 1950 as the Dutch-Indian Trade Bank (, NIHB; est. 1863). File:De Rotterdamsche Bank bij de Boompjes 1903 - 1907.jpg, Pre-World War II Rotterdamsche Bank head office on the waterfront thoroughfare, ca. 1905 File:Overzicht - Amsterdam - 20020528 - RCE.jpg, Branch on

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in Amsterdam, 1979 (demolished since then) File:ABN Amro Kneuterdijk.JPG, Former branch building at Kneuterdijk 8,

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File:Rotterdamsche Bank Oosthaven Gouda.jpg, in Gouda

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Defunct banks of the Netherlands Banks established in 1863 ABN AMRO {{bank-stub

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