The Amsterdamsche Bank was a significant bank in the Netherlands, founded in 1871.[1] In 1964, it merged with Rotterdamsche Bank to form AMRO Bank (for AMsterdamsche & ROtterdamsche).[2]
Overview
Amsterdamsche Bank was established on 5 December 1871 by a group of mainly German investors led by the Bank für Handel und Industrie (Darmstadt), in the context of German financial expansion following its victory of the Franco-Prussian War. It expanded rapidly from its base in Amsterdam to other cities in the Netherlands. In 1948 it took over Incasso Bank (est. 1891),[3] which it fully absorbed in 1956.[1]
Its elegant art nouveau head office building on Herengracht 597–601, designed by Eduard Cuypers and completed in 1897, was demolished in 1966. A subsequent head office building on Rembrandtplein, designed by Bert Johan Ouëndag and completed in 1932, is a notable art deco landmark of Amsterdam.[4]
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Amsterdamsche Bank head office, ca. 1932 -
Head office viewed from Rembrandtplein, 1950 -
Former Amsterdamsche Bank branch on Sarphatistraat, previously the office of Lippmann, Rosenthal & Co. -
![The adjacent buildings of Twentsche Bank [nl] (left), Netherlands Trading Society, and Amsterdamsche Bank (right) on the Blaak [nl] in Rotterdam, 1953](/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/De_Blaak_met_etalages_van_modehuis_Gerzon%2C_en_de_nieuwe_Twentsche_Bank%2C_Nederlandsche_Handel-Maatschappij_en_Amsterdamsche_Bank_1953.jpg/120px-De_Blaak_met_etalages_van_modehuis_Gerzon%2C_en_de_nieuwe_Twentsche_Bank%2C_Nederlandsche_Handel-Maatschappij_en_Amsterdamsche_Bank_1953.jpg)
The adjacent buildings of Twentsche Bank (left), Netherlands Trading Society, and Amsterdamsche Bank (right) on the Blaak in Rotterdam, 1953 -
![Former Amsterdamsche Incasso Bank building at Blaak 40, later Kamer van Koophandel Rotterdam, built in 1950[5]](/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Overzicht_van_de_gevel_-_Rotterdam_-_20422839_-_RCE.jpg/80px-Overzicht_van_de_gevel_-_Rotterdam_-_20422839_-_RCE.jpg)
Former Amsterdamsche Incasso Bank building at Blaak 40, later Kamer van Koophandel Rotterdam, built in 1950[5] -
Former Incasso Bank building known as De Bisschop, designed by Jan Gratama and built in 1934 at the corner of Dam Square and Damrak in Amsterdam -
Former Incasso Bank building in Rotterdam -
![Former Incasso Bank building [nl] in Utrecht](/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/514262-Nobelstraat4.JPG/120px-514262-Nobelstraat4.JPG)
Former Incasso Bank building in Utrecht -
Former Incasso Bank building in Enschede, photographed in 1980 -
The same building in 2010
See also
References
- ^ a b ABN AMRO Historisch Archief, Amsterdamsche Bank, 1871-1964 (PDF)
- ^ "Bigness Sought by Dutch Banks; Merger of 4 Units Into Two Aimed at Competition". New York Times. 6 July 1964.
- ^ "Two Dutch Banks Agree to Merger; Amsterdamsche, Incasso to Cut Combined Capital of 85,000,000 Guilders to 70,000,000". New York Times. 11 October 1947.
- ^ Simon Lelieveldt (26 August 2011). "Rembrandtsplein: Amsterdamsche Bank, Incasso Bank, Amro-bank, ABN AMRO Bank". Financial History of Amsterdam.
- ^ "Amsterdamsche Incasso Bank". Kraaijvanger Architects.
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