Top Largest Banks in Denmark

The top Largest banks of Denmark include Arbejdernes Landsbank, Danske Bank, Alm. Brand Bank, Jyske Bank, among others.

Founded in 1919, Arbejdernes Landsbank is among the top 10 largest banks in Denmark. Headquartered in Copenhagen, the bank has an extensive branch network across the country, and offering a broad base of financial products and services.

When measured by total assets, the Danske Bank Group is the biggest financial enterprise in Denmark and one of the biggest in the Nordic region. The Group offers Danish and international customers a broad range of services in the fields of banking, insurance, mortgage finance, leasing, real-estate brokerage and asset management. Danskebank.com takes top spot in the Swedish Hallvarsson & Halvarsson (H&H) annual web ranking survey, ahead of 24 other Danish companies. In 2010, danskebank.com was praised for its openness and for leading the way for future online communications.

Alm. Brand Bank is ranked among the largest banks in Denmark, offering a wide range of deposit and lending products as well as highly qualified advice on investments, pensions and home finance to private customers in good financial standing. The Alm. Brand Bank Group's business activities are distributed on the following areas: Retail banking; Wholesale banking; Car finance and Leasing.

Jyske Bank is the third largest Danish bank in terms of market share, offering a full range of financial solutions to retail as well as small and medium-sized corporate clients. It also offers other types of financial transactions through the subsidiaries Jyske Finans A/S and Nordisk Factoring. The Bank has a nationwide branch network and subsidiary banks and branches in other countries, including Switzerland, Gibraltar and France.

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