1. what's a wot ?
2. ABN-AMRO
   Merger of Algemene Bank Nederlands (ABN) and Amsterdam-Rotterdam Bank (AMRO)
3. Algemene Bank Nederlands (General Bank of the Netherlands)
   Amro means AMsterdam ROtterdam

   They were two banks before 1991 when they merged to form one

4. Algemene Bank Nederland
5. ABN AMRO (Euronext: AAB, NYSE: ABN) is the largest bank in the Netherlands and has operations all over the world, its history going back to 1824.

   It is the result of the merger in 1991 of Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) and the Amsterdamsche-Rotterdamsche Bank (AMRO). Note that written references to the bank should always write ABN AMRO entirely in capital letters - as it is an acronym and not a proper name.

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