Jyske Bank
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Jyske Bank A/S is the second-largest publicly-owned bank in Denmark . It is particularly strong in Private Banking, and has offices, branches, or subsidiaries in Denmark, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Poland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Its headquarters are located in Silkeborg.
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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 - Jyske Bank 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 establishes an office to conduct private banking in Cannes, on the French Côte d’Azur.
- 2004 - Jyske Bank establishes a subsidiary in Poland to conduct private banking.
Subsidiaries
- JN Data A/S
- Jyske Finans A/S
- Bil & SejlerFinans A/S (sub of Jyske Finans A/S)
- Gl. Skovridergaard A/S
- Silkeborg Datacentral A/S
- Nordisk Factoring A/S
- Jyske Invest
Banking branches or subsidiaries
- Jyske Bank (Schweiz)
- Jyske Bank Ltd. (Gibraltar)
- Jyske Bank, Filiale Hamburg (Germany)
- Jyske Bank (Spain)
- Jyske Bank, London Branch (United Kingdom)
- Jyske Bank (France)
- Berben's Effectenkantoor B.V. (Netherlands)
- Jyske Bank (Poland)
External links
- Official site (http://www.jyskebank.dk/)