Danske Bank was number 454 on the Fortune Global 500 list for 2011.
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19 Facts About Danske Bank
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Danske Bank group operates a number of local banks around the Nordic region as well as across Ireland.
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In February 2019, following the money laundering scandal at its Estonian branch, Danske Bank announced that it will cease all its banking activities in the Baltic countries and Russia.
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Sampo Danske Bank traced its origins back to 1887, to Postisaastopankki, a bank associated with the national post office, which accepted deposits from the public at post offices.
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On 10 May 2012, Danske Bank announced that Northern Bank and National Irish Bank would be merged on 1 June 2012, under the Northern Bank management team and the Danske Bank name, effectively reversing the separation between the two.
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On 31 October 2013 Danske Bank announced it would be withdrawing all personal banking services in the Republic of Ireland on a phased basis in the first half of 2014.
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In 2015 Danske Bank established an IT service centre for its group of companies, Danske Group IT Lietuva, in Vilnius.
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In 2019, Danske Bank announced its intentions of ceasing all banking operations in Lithuania, but keeping the local back-office active for internal activities.
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Danske Bank bought the bank from National Australia Bank in December 2004, and Northern Bank continued to operate under its own name until it took on the name of its parent company as its trading name in November 2012.
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Northern Bank trading as Danske Bank is one of the four commercial banks in Northern Ireland which are permitted to issue their own banknotes.
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In 2007, when Danske Bank acquired Sampo's banking business, Sampo Pank became a branch of Danske Bank.
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In 2014, The Estonian Financial Supervision Authority found "large-scale, long-lasting systemic violations of anti-money laundering rules" in the Estonian branch of Danske Bank and notified the Danish authorities on the findings.
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In October 2017, Danske Bank confirmed that French authorities were investigating the bank's involvement in money laundering.
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On 19 September 2018, Danske Bank confirmed that Thomas Borgen, CEO of the bank, would resign due to the money laundering scandal.
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In February 2019 Danske announced that it will cease its banking operations in Estonia.
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In February 2019 Danske announced that it will cease its banking operations in Latvia.
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In February 2019 Danske announced that it will cease its banking operations in Russia.
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Danske Bank issued an apology, calling the case "deeply regrettable, " and offered compensation for account holders that the bank confirmed were affected by the issue.
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