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ABN AMRO ranks 11th in Europe and 20th in the world based on tier 1 capital, with over 3,000 branches in more than 60 countries, a staff of more than 97,000 full-time equivalents and total assets of EUR 899.3 billion (as at [[30 September]] [[2005]]).
ABN AMRO ranks 11th in Europe and 20th in the world based on tier 1 capital, with over 3,000 branches in more than 60 countries, a staff of more than 97,000 full-time equivalents and total assets of EUR 899.3 billion (as of [[30 September]] [[2005]]).


The U.S. operations of ABN AMRO consist of [[LaSalle Bank]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]] and LaSalle Bank Midwest in [[Detroit, Michigan]] which operate under the name LaSalle Bank Corporation. LaSalle Bank Midwest is formerly Standard Federal Bank which changed its name on September 12, 2005. ABN AMRO also operates [[http://www.mortgage.com ABN AMRO Mortgage Group], one of the leading mortgage servicing companies in the US.
The U.S. operations of ABN AMRO consist of [[LaSalle Bank]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]] and LaSalle Bank Midwest in [[Detroit, Michigan]] which operate under the name LaSalle Bank Corporation. LaSalle Bank Midwest is formerly Standard Federal Bank which changed its name on September 12, 2005. ABN AMRO also operates [[http://www.mortgage.com ABN AMRO Mortgage Group], one of the leading mortgage servicing companies in the US.

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ABN AMRO Holding N.V.
Company typePublic (Euronext: AAB, NYSE: ABN)
IndustryFinancial services
Founded1991
HeadquartersAmsterdam, the Netherlands
Key people
Rijkman Groenink, CEO
ProductsAsset management
Commercial banking
Investment banking
Private banking
Revenue€ 19.793 billion (2004)
Number of employees
97,000
Websitewww.abnamro.com

ABN AMRO (EuronextAAB, NYSEABN) is the largest bank in the Netherlands and has operations all over the world, its history going back to 1824.

It is the result of the merger in 1991 of Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) and the Amsterdamsche-Rotterdamsche Bank (AMRO). Note the bank standard is to always write ABN AMRO entirely in capital letters - as it is a proper name and not an abbreviation.

ABN AMRO Holding N.V. is the name of the holding company, which is listed on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange, among other exchanges. Its main subsidiary is ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

ABN AMRO has multiple divisions:

  • Consumer & Commercial Clients
  • Private Clients
  • Asset Management
  • Wholesale Clients
  • Group Shared Services
  • Transaction Banking Group
  • Group Functions


ABN AMRO ranks 11th in Europe and 20th in the world based on tier 1 capital, with over 3,000 branches in more than 60 countries, a staff of more than 97,000 full-time equivalents and total assets of EUR 899.3 billion (as of 30 September 2005).

The U.S. operations of ABN AMRO consist of LaSalle Bank in Chicago, Illinois and LaSalle Bank Midwest in Detroit, Michigan which operate under the name LaSalle Bank Corporation. LaSalle Bank Midwest is formerly Standard Federal Bank which changed its name on September 12, 2005. ABN AMRO also operates [ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, one of the leading mortgage servicing companies in the US.

The third home market is Brazil with its subsidiary Banco Real. Banco Real recently completed an acquisition of Sudameris, a peer bank in the Brazilian market.