Nordea confirms ABN Amro merger

Bjorn Wahlroos, the chairman of Nordea Bank, confirmed he approached Dutch authorities about a possible merger with ABN Amro Group.

While those talks didn’t lead to a combination of the two lenders, the Nordea chairman said a merger could have produced a “great bank,” during an interview with Finnish state broadcaster YLE on Saturday.

“It was in preliminary talks with Dutch authorities where we asked if they have any interest to merge ABN Amro with Nordea,” Wahlroos said. “This combination would work quite well.”