Landsbanki
Sign in to saveLandsbanki (, ), also commonly known as Landsbankinn (, ) was one of the largest Icelandic commercial banks; it failed as part of the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis when its subsidiary sparked the Icesave dispute. On October 7, 2008, the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority took control of Landsbanki and created a new bank for all the domestic operations called Nýi Landsbanki (New Landsbanki) and the bank continued to operate under the same name.
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Landsbanki, legally known as LBI ehf., was an organization established in 1885. It operated within the jurisdiction of Iceland (IS) and was based in the city of Reykjavík. The entity maintained a workforce of 2770 employees during its operational period.
The organization was dissolved on October 7, 2008. Its stated objective was to simplify the lives of its clients through accessible services and good advice. The entity held an active status in legal records prior to its dissolution.
Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, GLEIF. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Company.logo
- 200px
- Company.type
- Private (2003–2008)Government-owned corporation (prior to 2003)
- Company.foundation
- Reykjavík, Iceland, 1885 (commenced operations on 1 July 1886)
- Company.defunct
- Entered into receivership 7 October 2008, awaiting dissolution remaining assets
- Company.successor
- NBI hf
- Company.location
- Reykjavík, Iceland
- Company.key_people
- Björgólfur Guðmundsson (Chairman of the board), Halldór J. Kristjánsson (co-CEO), Sigurjón Þ. Arnason (co-CEO)
- Company.industry
- Banking
- Company.num_employees
- 2,770 (2007)
- Company.homepage
- landsbanki.is
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- credit institution
- Country
- Iceland
- Headquarters
- Reykjavík
- Industry
- financial services
- Employees
- 2770
- Followed by
- Landsbankinn
- Official website
- www.landsbanki.is
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- inception
- 1885-00-00
- location of formation
- Reykjavík
- Commons category
- Landsbankinn
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2008-10-07
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- International expansion
- Icesave
- 2008 financial crisis
- Sponsorship of sports: Landsbankadeildin
- Landsbanki liquidation and repayment of claims
- How capital controls impact creditor repayment
- New creditor repayment restrictions
- See also
- References
- External links
[Vextir og verðskrá](http://www.landsbanki.is/vextir-og-verdskra) [Útibú og hraðbankar](http://www.landsbanki.is/utibu-og-hradbankar) [Komdu í viðskipti](https://www.landsbankinn.is/nyskraning)
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