Friesland Bank

Friesland Bank
Friesland Bank N.V.
Company typePrivate
IndustryBanking
Founded1913
HeadquartersLeeuwarden, Netherlands
ProductsBanking
Insurance
Revenue 379.7 million (2006)
106.9 million (2006)
Number of employees
1,000
Websitewww.frieslandbank.nl

Friesland Bank was a Dutch retail bank originally focusing on the northern provinces of the Netherlands, Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel, and North Holland. On 2 April 2012 Friesland Bank announced that it would become a 100% daughter of Rabobank Nederland after a merger plan with NIBC was blocked by De Nederlandse Bank.[1] This ended the era of a 100-year-old regional bank for the Northern Netherlands. In connection with the revocation of Friesland Bank N.V.'s banking license as of December 15, 2014, the name of Friesland Bank N.V. was changed to Friesland Zekerheden Maatschappij N.V.[2]

  1. ^ David Haakman (5 April 2012). "DNB verbood fusie Friesland Bank en NIBC (DNB forbids merger Friesland Bank and NIBC)". NRC. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
  2. ^ Naamswijziging naar Friesland Zekerheden Maatschappij N.V. [1], website Rabobank geraadpleegd op 24 december 2014