Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (The Netherlands)

Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (BNG) was founded in 1914 in The Hague as the Gemeentelijke Credietbank (Municipal Credit Bureau), before changing names in 1922 and again in the 1990s. It presently serves as a bank as well as a Local Government Funding Agency.

BNG, like NWB, does not give finance to privately held enterprises; instead, it works only with public or semi-public entities such as provincial governments, public housing authority, public utility suppliers, and municipalities. When measured only by assets, it is one of the leading banks in the Netherlands, with the Dutch state owning 50% of the stock and province and local governments owning the rest.

Type: Private

Website: www.bngbank.com