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Wildlife habitat destroyed by production and consumption of trainers, sofas and smartphones

Wildlife habitat two-thirds the size of the Netherlands destroyed every year by production and consumption of trainers, sofas and smartphones

Consumer and business clients to be informed about 2025 payment fees from this week

As of 1 January 2025, the fees on some of our consumer and business payment products will be going up. Clients will be notified about this from 3 October.

Around 600,000 people in the Netherlands with a disability sidelined

Check, check, doublecheck: Is it really the bank calling?

Starting today, ABN AMRO’s app includes an online tool that lets clients check whether an incoming call is actually from an employee of the bank. This new feature is added to the existing tools that clients can use to set their personal preferences for banking and security. According to the bank, clients are increasingly demanding these options.

ABN AMRO & Techstars Future of Finance Accelerator class of 2024 announced

Amsterdam - Ten of the most promising and exciting early-stage fintech and fintech-adjacent companies from across Europe gathered in Amsterdam to begin their three-month acceleration journey. These ten companies were selected from hundreds of European applicants to participate in the fourth edition of this fintech program, all having the potential to become a category-defining enterprise in their respective market segments.

Serena Fioravanti appointed as Chief Risk Officer

Following the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders on 23 September 2024, Serena Fioravanti (1973) was appointed as a member of the Executive Board of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. and Chief Risk Officer (CRO) with effect from 1 October 2024 for a period of four years.

ABN AMRO’s response to Fair Bank Guide's practical study on tax avoidance

The Dutch Fair Bank Guide (Eerlijke Bankwijzer) today published a study on the relationship between Dutch banks and a number of large companies that have been reported in the media as engaging in tax avoidance. ABN AMRO has the lowest score among Dutch banks in the study. We realise this may give rise to questions and so would like to share our side of the story. We do not recognise ourselves in all the information and conclusions presented in the study.

NLFI finalises trading programme in ABN AMRO

Today the NLFI (stichting administratiekantoor beheer financiële instellingen), the depositary receipt holder of the Dutch State’s stake in ABN AMRO, announced that the trading plan communicated by NLFI in November 2023 has been finalised. NLFI now still holds a 40.5% stake in ABN AMRO.

One in four primary school children suffers from money worries

A stressful home life has a highly detrimental impact on children’s learning achievements. Thirty percent of children in the Netherlands experience stress at home, primarily related to financial worries – i.e. seven children in an average classroom of 23. These findings are reported in SEO Economic Research’s annual ‘Inequality of opportunity in the Netherlands’ report, reflecting a survey of over 500 primary school teachers of children in the 8–9-year age range (Group 5). The survey was commissioned by ABN AMRO Foundation and Jeugdeducatiefonds.

ABN AMRO - ODDO BHF Best Benelux Broker for third year in a row

ABN AMRO – ODDO BHF is proud to have been named Best Benelux Broker in the 2024 European Ranking for the third year in a row. Apart from the accreditation for Best Benelux Broker overall, ABN AMRO – ODDO BHF also won the number one position in all four subcategories: Research, Sales, Trading & Execution and Corporate Access.