type subsidiary of assuria n.v. industry finance founded 1865 headquarters paramaribo suriname key people drs.sigmund proeve ceo products commercial banking investment banking private banking slogan your bank and more ... website 1 de surinaamsche bank dsb ; bank of suriname in english is one of the largest banks in suriname . history edit simon abendanon founded de surinaamsche bank dsb on 19 january 1865 in paramaribo and it opened for business on 18 july 1865 in the home of one of the founders pending construction of its own building . the bank s headquarters remained in amsterdam though . abendanon was a captain and court bailiff in suriname . after the abolition of slavery in 1863 there was a period of monetary chaos and abendanon saw an opportunity in creating a bank that would issue bank notes and use the funds to finance trade . after its founding in 1826 the nederlandsche handel maatschappij issued banknotes . and then between 1828 1848 the west indische bank issued banknotes for the dutch west indies . the next organizational landmark occurred in 1948 when nederlandsche handel maatschappij acquired dsb . three years later nederlandsche handel maatschappij which owned all the shares of dsb transferred dsb s headquarters to paramaribo . at this point dsb stopped producing banknotes but remained the primary banking institution in suriname . in 1957 dsb formally gave up its right to issue notes to the newly formed central bank of suriname . in 1964 nederlandsche handel maatschappij merged with de twentsche bank to form algemene bank nederland abn and the ownership of dsb transferred to the new bank . however in 1977 the government of the surinam republic nostrified dsb . the government took 10 % of the shares and required that the bank sell 41 % to the public . abn retained a minority position of 49 % . in 2001 abn amro sold its 49 % holding in dsb to assuria n.v. . assuria already owned 5.6 % of dsb so the purchase gave it majority control . external links edit official web site this suriname related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this bank and insurance related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this south american corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title de surinaamsche bank & oldid 740645807 categories banks of surinameabn amrosuriname stubsbank stubssouth american company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlands edit links this page was last modified on 22 september 2016 at 10 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view