Bethmann Bank is one of the oldest private banks and one of the leading providers of private banking in Germany. Read all about it.
David Splitgerber and Gottfried A. Daum found the banking and trading house Splitgerber & Daum, the first banking business in Berlin.
The merchant and banking family Bethmann found the bank Gebrüder Bethmann in Frankfurt am Main.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe commences his journey to Italy, which is now an integral part of German cultural history. It is financed by Bethmann Bank.
Italy again - this time in Bavaria: Peter Paul Maffei, a member of the Veronese entrepreneurial family of the same name, established Maffei & Co. Bank in Munich.
Adelbert Delbrück starts Delbrück Leo & Co. in Berlin. At that time, the company supported "start-ups" such as Siemens and Krupp, which later became global corporations.
The world exhibition is held in Paris. The bank Gebrüder Bethmann is involved in financing the Eiffel Tower, the future landmark of the city on the Seine.
The two banks Delbrück Leo & Co. and Gebrüder Schickler merge to form Bankhaus Delbrück Schickler & Co.
Joint owners of Delbrück Schickler & Co. found Delbrück von der Heydt & Co. in Cologne together with the business men Dr Otto Strack and Karl von der Heydt.
Delbrück Schickler & Co. and Delbrück von der Heydt & Co. merge to form the bank Delbrück & Co.
The Dutch bank ABN AMRO makes a clear commitment to the German market with its acquisition of Delbrück & Co. and proves that it wants to grow in Germany.
Three renowned traditional banking houses merge under the umbrella of ABN AMRO to form Delbrück Bethmann Maffei.
A four-member Advisory Board is established, to continuously review and monitor Bethmann Bank's sustainable investment universe in the future.
Bethmann Bank takes over LGT’s German business, the bank of the Princely House of Liechtenstein.
Delbrück Bethmann Maffei is renamed to Bethmann Bank.
In a close bidding contest, Bethmann Bank prevails and acquires the private banking business of Credit Suisse (Deutschland) AG booked in Germany.
Bethmann Bank simplifies its corporate structure and becomes part of the German branch of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. The brand as well as the strategy and the operational business of Bethmann Bank remain unaffected by the merger.
