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TABN AMRO is a Dutch bank, currently owned by RFS Holdings B.V., a consortium of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, the Government of the Netherlands, and Banco Santander. The bank was created as the result of the 1990-91 merger between Amsterdam-Rotterdam (AMRO) Bank and ABN, whose history dated back to the founding of the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij in 1824.

Between 1991 and 2007, ABN AMRO was one of the largest banks in Europe and had operations in about 63 countries around the world.

In the biggest banking takeover in history, a consortium comprising RBS, Fortis, and Banco Santander acquired ABN AMRO in 2007.

Due to the 2008 financial crisis, the Dutch government nationalised the divisions owned by Fortis, while the UK government is now in effective control over the divisions allocated to RBS due to its financial bail-out of the Scottish bank. The process of integrating some of ABN AMRO's divisions into the new owners, and divesting others, continues.

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End Of Coal? More Banks Phasing Out Financing Coal-Related Businesses

Coal mining is under pressure as more financial institutions seek to eliminate funding

ABN AMRO Cutting 800 Jobs As It Slashes Investment Banking Unit

ABN AMRO was heavily exposed to energy trading losses in Asia and the Wirecard fiasco in Germany

Dutch Launch Laundering Probe Into ABN Amro

The shares tumbled after a terse company statement

US Will Reach Deal With China But Strategic Competition Will Continue

ABN Amro senior economist Arjen van Dijkhuizen said the slowdown in Chinese trade growth is bottoming out and the country’s economy will start stabilizing from Q2 2019.

Turkey Central Bank To Leave Interest Rates Unchanged

Turkey’s central bank will prefer to watch October and November inflation before making a call on hiking rates in December, ABN Amro economist.

Trump Tariffs Yet To Sting China

But the 25 percent tariffs from January, 2019, could slow Chinese growth, raise U.S. inflation and put more downward pressure on emerging markets.

Regulatory Costs Undercut ABN Amro’s Profit

The Dutch lender reported a 32 percent yearly drop in fourth-quarter net profit, as regulatory costs rose to $247 million from $101.2 million a year ago.

ABN Amro Heads Back To The Market With $17.8B Valuation

The bank's Friday listing is the largest European bank IPO since the 2008 financial crisis.

RBS Looking To Sell $5B Greek Shipping Loan Business: Report

Royal Bank of Scotland is winding down its Greek operation and putting its $5 billion shipping loans portfolio up for sale as the group scales back non-core activities, sources said, according to an exclusive Reuters report.

Singapore Competition Watchdog Blocks Deal For First Time

The CCS blocked a takeover for the first time because the deal would result in a "substantial lessening of competition."

Eurozone Prices Fall At Record-Equaling Pace In January

Some economists said the impact of certain tax hikes a year ago could have led to the eurozone core figure dropping.

Oil Sinks Below $63 To Lowest In Over 5 Years On Glut, Weak Demand

Brent is down roughly 9 percent this week, some 45 percent below its June peak above $115 per barrel.

Stock futures edge higher ahead of jobs data

US Stock Futures Signal Higher Open Before Jobless Claims Data

U.S. stock futures edged higher on Thursday after falling steeply in the previous session.

RBS To Cut 1,400 Jobs Over 2 Years At UK Head Offices

The lender says the job reductions are part of efforts to restructure its retail division's head office and customer-facing positions remain.

Monte Dei Paschi Accused Of Hiding Huge Losses

Italy's Monte dei Paschi, the world's oldest bank, is accused of hiding huge losses from complex deals just before a massive government bailout.

S&P Roughed Up Down Under

The Australian judiciary delivered a crushing defeat to credit-rating agency Standard & Poor's this week that may have global repercussions

Barclays Taking Over ING's UK Operations

ING Groep N.V. (NYSE:ING) will sell its $26.5 billion UK operations to Barclays PLC (LON: BARC) at a discount.

Deutsche Bank Investigated Over Iran, Sudan Ties

Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB), Germany's largest bank, is being investigated by U.S. officials over ties to Iran and Sudan.

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Germany Now Borrowing Money For Free

Investors on Wednesday eagerly snatched up a new two-year German bond with a zero-percent coupon, meaning investors were willing to pay to loan money to Europe's strongest economy when expected inflation is factored in. The yield ended at 0.07 percent.

A Markit PMI survey indicated that the euro zone was continuing its plunge into a double dip recession, Monday.

Euro Zone Avoids 2nd Recession As German Q1 GDP Surprises

Stronger-than-expected growth in Germany helped the euro area avoid its second recession in three years at the start of 2012 but stagnation in France and contraction in southern Europe underlined the huge economic disparities across the single currency bloc.