Jyske Bank A/S is the third largest Danish bank in terms of market share.
The headquarters are located in Silkeborg, and the bank has 98 branches, in Denmark, and a single one in Germany (Hamburg). It is the second-largest bank to be listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange, and it is the largest bank in Denmark headquartered outside Copenhagen.[3]
The current CEO of Jyske Bank is Anders Dam. The bank employs over 3350 individuals (as of the end of Q3, 2020).
History
Jyske Bank is the result of the merger in 1967 of four banks from the mid-Jutland area: Silkeborg Bank, Kjellerup Bank, Kjellerup Handels- og Landbobank, and the Handels- og Landbrugsbank in Silkeborg. These banks trace their roots back to the mid-19th Century.
- 1968 – Jyske Bank acquired Banken for Brædstrup og Omegn.
- 1970 – Jyske Bank acquired Samsø Bank.
- 1970 – Jyske Bank acquired Odder Landbobank.
- 1981 – Jyske Bank acquired Copenhagen-based Finansbanken, giving it national coverage.