BHF Bank
Sign at the headquarters in 2014 | |
BHF Bank Tower in Frankfurt, photographed in 2018 | |
| Company type | Corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Predecessors | Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft and Frankfurter Bank |
| Founded | 1970 |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Fate | Acquired by Oddo & Cie |
| Successor | ODDO BHF |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Germany |
| Products | Banking services, private banking |
| Owner | ING Group followed by Sal. Oppenheim and followed by Kleinwort Benson |
| Website | www |
BHF Bank, full name Berliner Handels- und Frankfurter Bank was a German bank formed in 1970 by merger between the Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft and Frankfurter Bank, both founded in the 1850s. It was initially named Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft – Frankfurter Bank (lit. 'Trade Company of Berlin – Bank of Frankfurt') and was rebranded BHF Bank in 1975.: 43
BHF Bank was among the largest commercial banks in Germany, but experienced relative decline under successive ownership of ING Group and Sal. Oppenheim. It was eventually acquired by Paris-based Oddo & Cie which subsequently renamed itself ODDO BHF.