Alkmaar 2014 – Former Nutsspaarbank

The Maatschappij tot nut van het algemeen (Society for the common good) is a benevolant society established in 1784. It works for the betterment of the people, both individually as well as a community. It did that – amongst other things – by establishing schools, libraries and banks. The Nutsspaarbanken were taken over by Fortis. Fortis bank was taken over by ABN AMRO bank when Fortis went belly-up.