Commercial Banks

Rooted in 19th-century Dutch East Indies trade, ABN AMRO Holding, NV has grown into a major international bank with…

1467: The first monte di pieta (nonprofit bank), designed to end usury by providing low interest loans, is created.

Old Mutual PLC has shrugged off nearly 150 years as an almost exclusively South African financial services business,…

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc ranks as the leading Scotland-based banking group and the number three bank in the…

The Bank of Ireland is the oldest bank in Ireland.

FleetBoston Financial Corporation is the eighth largest bank in the United States and the largest in New England, with…

State Street Corporation is a bank holding company conducting business principally through its subsidiary State Street…

The largest financial services company in the world, with assets in excess of $1 trillion, Citigroup Inc.

Erste Bank der Osterreichischen Sparkassen AG has broken out of the tiny Austrian banking market to become one of…

The Bank of Nova Scotia, the second oldest bank in Canada, was the second largest Canadian bank in 2003 in term of…

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) is the second largest of the "Big Four" banks in Australia,…

Marshall & Ilsley Corporation is the holding corporation for a major Midwest bank, M&I Bank.

Paul Milstein, along with his sons Howard and Edward, filed an unsuccessful lawsuit in 2000 seeking to remove Philip…

One of the 30 largest commercial banking companies in the United States, Banknorth Group, Inc.

Credit Suisse Group, which began as a commercial bank in 1856, at a time when Switzerland was first embracing the…

Under the new chief executive, William J.

Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd.

One of the 50 largest bank holding companies in the United States, First Tennessee National Corporation has provided…

Lloyds TSB Group plc is one of the Big Four British clearing banks in the United Kingdom.

Early 1920s:BV allies itself with Bayerische Handelsbank AG.

With more than $34 billion in assets, Memphis-based Union Planters Corporation is Tennessee's largest bank holding…

The third largest bank in Germany and one of the leading international banks in Europe, Dresdner Bank A.G.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) was formed from the 2001 merger of Sumitomo Bank and Sakura Bank--Sakura was…

Grupo Financiero Banamex S.A.

Once known primarily as a German insurance company, Allianz AG has grown to become one of the world's leading financial…

Coop Schweiz Genossenschaftsverband is Switzerland's second-largest food products retailer, behind fellow cooperative…

The leading independent private bank in Switzerland, Julius Baer Holding AG has come to epitomize the Swiss banking…

The history of General Electric Company is a significant part of the history of technology in the United States.

Banco de Chile is the second largest private bank in Chile and the largest that remains under Chilean ownership.

With a rich history dating back almost 300 years, Barclays plc has grown into one of the largest financial services…

Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.

Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M., Israel's second-largest bank, has its origins in the modern Zionist movement of the late…

State Financial Services Corporation is the holding company for State Financial Bank, a growing bank centered in…

Bank of China (BOC) is that country's oldest bank, and also one of its four largest banks, with assets of more than…

UBS AG was formed from the 1998 megamerger of Swiss Bank Corporation and Union Bank of Switzerland.

Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA (BNL) is Italy's fifth-largest bank and one of the top 100 banks in the world with total…

One of Hong Kong's oldest Chinese-owned banks, Bank of East Asia Ltd.

Bank Hapoalim B.M.

State Bank of India (SBI) is that country's largest commercial bank.

DEPFA BANK PLC (Depfa) is one of the world's leading public sector financing banks.

Also in 1998, Amalgamated acquired an 81 percent stake in the First Trade Union Trust Company.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (ADM) is one of the world's leading processors and distributors of agricultural products…

TCF Financial Corporation, a financial holding company that compares itself to large successful retailers instead of…

Few banks can be as closely identified with the development of their country as Turkiye Is Bankasi A.S.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer S.A.

As Hang Seng entered the new century, its role within HSBC's regional ambitions became more clear, as HSBC targeted the…

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

London Scottish Bank plc (LSB) is one of the United Kingdom's leading providers of credit to the "sub-prime"…

Neuberger Berman Inc.

While Otto Versand (GmbH & Co.) is the world's largest mail-order company with subsidiaries and affiliates in Europe,…

San Francisco-based UnionBanCal Corporation is a commercial bank holding company that was incorporated in California in…

The Toronto-Dominion Bank (commonly called TD Bank) ranks as Canada's second largest bank in terms of assets, trailing…

Bank Buana once again began preparations for its public listing at the end of the 1990s.

Commerzbank A.G.

As the primary financial arm of the European Union, the European Investment Bank (EIB) is also the world's largest bank…

Malayan Banking Berhad is the holding company overseeing Malaysia's largest bank, Maybank and a range of financial…

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) is Canada's third largest bank, trailing only Royal Bank of Canada and…

Kookmin Bank is not only South Korea's leading commercial bank, it is also a driving force behind the much-needed…

BNP Paribas Group is the fruit of the 1999 merger between two of France's most influential banking groups, the…

Krung Thai Bank Public Company Ltd.

Banca Fideuram SpA is Italy's leading assets management and investment banking group, with more than EUR 58 billion in…

J.P.

Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company, ranking as the seventh largest bank holding company…

Macquarie Bank Ltd.

Standard Chartered plc operates as the leading emerging markets bank in the world.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB operates as the parent company of the SEB Group, a North European banking concern…

Synovus Financial Corp.

Empresas Almacenes Paris S.A.

Advanta Corporation originates, services, and sells small business credit card and home equity loans.

Hanmi Financial Corporation is the largest Korean-American bank in the Los Angeles area, boasting assets of nearly $3…

Banco Comercial Português, SA (BCP) is Portugal's largest financial institution.

Southern Financial Bancorp, Inc.

Back Yard Burgers, Inc.

In its infancy, Svenska Handelsbanken AB was a small bank, with operations confined to the city of Stockholm.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.

WFS Financial Inc.

Danske Bank Aktieselskab is the largest banking group in Denmark and among the three largest in Scandinavia.

Sberbank is Russia's oldest and largest bank.

FöreningsSparbanken AB (FS-banken) is one of Sweden's leading banks and one of the largest banking groups in the Nordic…

First off the starting block among pan-European banking mergers--a trend expected to boom in the early years of the…

That announcement provided Irish Permanent's Douglas with the opening to propose a new merger between his company and…

1539: The Sacro Monte di Pieta is founded.

Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A.

Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A.