DSB To Talk To Other Dutch Banks Thursday Evening Over Future
16 10월 2009 - 1:29AM
Dow Jones News
Troubled Dutch lender DSB Bank NV will talk to a group of
domestic banks Thursday evening to determine if the bank can be
saved from bankruptcy, Dutch Finance Minister Wouter Bos told
reporters Thursday.
A Dutch court told unlisted DSB Bank earlier Thursday that it
has until 1000 GMT Friday to talk with "major banks" to find a
buyer. DSB was placed into administration Monday by the Dutch
Central Bank after a run on deposits.
"The talks will be between the Dutch Central Bank and DSB, and
DSB and the other Dutch Banks," Bos said, adding the finance
ministry will also be attending the meeting.
Last weekend, talks on a rescue operation for DSB between the
Dutch Central Bank and five major Dutch banks -ING Groep NV (ING),
SNS Reaal NV (SR.AE), Rabobank, ABN Amro and Fortis Bank
Netherlands - failed "owing to uncertainty surrounding possible
claims on DSB," the Central Bank had said previously.
After the court's decision Thursday, SNS Reaal and Fortis Bank
Netherlands said that they weren't at that moment considering a
takeover of DSB, while Rabobank and ING declined to comment. ABN
Amro didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
-By Robin van Daalen and Bart Koster; Dow Jones Newswires; +31
20 571 5201; bart.koster@dowjones.com