Dresdner Bank - Commerzbank International SA
Dresdner Bank - Commerzbank International SA
Dresdner Bank - Commerzbank International SA
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1940<br />
Commerz- und<br />
Privat-<strong>Bank</strong> adopts the<br />
name <strong>Commerzbank</strong>-<br />
Aktiengesellschaft which<br />
is already in general<br />
usage.<br />
1970<br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong> is part of the<br />
Europartners Group.<br />
Share from 1957<br />
1945<br />
The headquarters are relocated to<br />
Hamburg prior to the end of the war.<br />
The 93 offices in East Berlin and<br />
in the Soviet occupation zone are<br />
expropriated without compensation.<br />
1952<br />
As successor institutions of <strong>Commerzbank</strong>,<br />
<strong>Bank</strong>verein Westdeutschland AG (from 1956<br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong>-<strong>Bank</strong>verein AG) acts in<br />
Düsseldorf, Commerz- und Diskonto- <strong>Bank</strong> AG<br />
in Hamburg and Commerz- und Creditbank AG<br />
in Frankfurt am Main.<br />
1972<br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong> introduces the “Quatre Vents” logo.<br />
Money box<br />
“Goldi”, 1974<br />
Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich<br />
Genscher opens the Halle branch<br />
in 1990<br />
2000<br />
Merger discussions between <strong>Dresdner</strong> <strong>Bank</strong><br />
and <strong>Commerzbank</strong> stay without any results.<br />
1990<br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong> relocates its registered<br />
headquarters from Düsseldorf to Frankfurt<br />
am Main. After the fall of the Berlin Wall,<br />
it opens a linking office in East Berlin.<br />
1993<br />
In a realignment of structures<br />
of the headquarters five divisions are<br />
created.<br />
2005<br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong><br />
takes over Eurohypo AG<br />
and becomes the<br />
second-largest credit<br />
institution in Germany.<br />
Excerpt from a<br />
share: The winged<br />
“C” was the logo of<br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong> from 1940-1972<br />
1947/48<br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong> is<br />
broken down into<br />
nine branch groups.<br />
1958<br />
Merger of the successor institutions<br />
into <strong>Commerzbank</strong> AG, while the<br />
Düsseldorf institution taking over its<br />
two sister banks.<br />
1971<br />
The centralisation of headquarters in<br />
Frankfurt am Main begins at <strong>Commerzbank</strong><br />
as well. The New York branch is the first<br />
operating branch of a German bank to open<br />
in the United States.<br />
Skyscraper<br />
by Richard Heil<br />
in Frankfurt, 1974<br />
1997<br />
The new skyscraper<br />
in Frankfurt am Main<br />
is inaugurated.<br />
2008<br />
<strong>Commerzbank</strong>, Allianz and <strong>Dresdner</strong> <strong>Bank</strong><br />
announce that <strong>Commerzbank</strong> will take over<br />
Allianz’s shares in <strong>Dresdner</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> in two stages.<br />
Advisory <strong>Bank</strong> with a Future<br />
1940<br />
1950<br />
1960<br />
1970<br />
1980<br />
1990<br />
2000<br />
2010<br />
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