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        Nederlandsche Middenstandsbank
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        In 1927, a reorganisation of banks catering to small businesses led to the creation of 'Nederlandsche Middenstandsbank’ (NMB Bank). NMB Bank comprised the former 'Algemeene Nederlandsche Centrale Middenstandscredietbank’, the 'Hanze’ banks, 'Middenstandsbank voor Limburg’ and the 'Boaz’ banks. These were all banks established by socio-political and religious groups like Catholics and the Christian-

        Reformed. After a difficult start, hampered by the crisis in the thirties, NMB Bank eventually became one of the five major Dutch banks. NMB Bank became the premier financial centre of the small business sector. In the sixties, NMB Bank focused increasingly on the retail market and expanded its operations abroad. In 1990, it had 51 offices in 32 countries. In 1992, after the mergers with Postbank and Nationale-Nederlanden NMB changed it’s name in ING Bank.


        The NMB Bank had it’s first logo since 1937, the initials NMB with an acronym (natuurlijk mijn bank = naturally my bank), in the following years the logo changed four times until the fifties when it was expanded with the Dutch lion. Since the sixties the NMB logo exists the initials NMB in block letters in different colours, (black, brown and finally blue). In 1992, when NMB changed it’s name in ING Bank, the orange lion was added to the logo.