Jyske Bank
Jyske Bank is the second-largest publicly-owned bank in Denmark. It is particularly strong in Private Banking, and has offices, branches, or subsidiaries in Aabenraa (Northern Germany), Fuengirola (Spain), Gibraltar, Hamburg, London, and Zurich.
History
Jyske Bank is the result of the merger in 1967 of four banks from the mid-Jutland area: Silkeborg Bank, Kjellerup Bank, Kjellerup Handels- og Landbobank and the Handels- og Landbrugsbank in Silkeborg. These banks trace their roots back to the mid-19th Century.
- 1968 - Jyske Bank acquired Banken for Brædstrup og Omegn.
- 1970 - Jyske Bank acquired Samsø Bank.
- 1970 - Jyske Bank acquired Odder Landbobank.
- 1981 - Jyske Bank acquired Copenhagen-based Finansbanken, giving it national coverage.
- 1983 - JyskeBank acquired Vendelbobanken.
- 1989 - Jyske Bank acquired Holstebro Bank.
International Expansion
- 1981 - With its merger with Finansbanken, Jyske Bank acquires the subsidiary in Zurich, Switzerland that Finansbanken had established in 1970 under the name Finanz- und Investmentbank. This is the oldest Scandinavian-owned subsidiary in Switzerland. In 1985 the subsidiary’s name becomes Jyske Bank (Schweiz).
- 1983 - Jyske Bank establishes an office in London and three years later upgrades it to a branch.
- 1985 - Jyske Bank establishes an office at Aabenraa in Northern Germany near the border with Denmark to conduct private banking.
- Jyske Bank established Jyske Bank Private Banking in Fuengirola on the Spanish Costa del Sol.
- 1987 - Jyske Bank acquires Banco Galliano (est. 1855) in Gibraltar, a family-owned bank and the oldest bank in the colony.
- 1987 - Jyske Bank acquires Hamburger Handelsbank (est. 1921), giving it a branch in Hamburg.
- 2003 - Jyske Bank established an office to conduct private banking in Cannes on the French
