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Kaupthing Bank ((アイスランド語:Kaupþing banki); (:ˈkœipθɪŋɡ)) was a major international Icelandic bank, headquartered in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was taken over by the Icelandic government during the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis and the domestic Icelandic based operations were spun into a new bank ''New Kaupthing'', which was subsequently renamed Arion Banki. All the non-Icelandic assets and debts remained with the now defunct Kaupthing Bank. Prior to its collapse it also allegedly loaned money to various parties with the purpose of buying Kaupthing shares. Prior to its collapse, Kaupthing Bank operated in thirteen countries, including all the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. It was seventh largest bank in the Nordic countries in terms of market capitalization. The bank had employed over 3,300 people with 36 retail branches in Iceland. As of 31 December 2007, the bank had a total assets of €58.3 billion.〔(Kaupthing )〕 In 2006, it ranked number 1,006 on Forbes Global 2000〔(The World's Biggest Public Companies (Forbes Magazine) )〕 The same year, it ranked number 177 (up by 34 places from 2005) on the list of the world's largest banks composed annually by the international finance magazine ''The Banker''.〔(Three Icelandic Banks among top 300 in World (Iceland Review Online) )〕 That year Kaupthing Bank had net earnings of €812 million, compared with €986 million in 2006. About 70% of the operating profit originated outside Iceland (33% in Iceland, 31% in the UK, 26% in Scandinavia, 8% in Luxembourg and 2% in other countries).〔 On 9 October 2008, following a major banking and financial crisis in Iceland, the Financial Supervisory Authority took control of the bank.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Financial Supervisory Authority – Iceland, ''News: Based on New Legislation, the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority (FME) Proceeds to take Control of Kaupthing to ensure Continued Commercial Bank Operations in Iceland'' )〕 The domestic operations of the bank were spun off as a new bank and continue to operate, the rest of the bank although never technically declared bankrupt obtained a moratorium on payments from the District Court of Reykjavík and has been suspended from trading in the Iceland Stock Exchange. ==The name== The bank is known as Kaupthing Bank outside of Iceland. In Iceland, its official name was ''Kaupþing Banki hf.'' Formerly, its official name was ''Kaupþing Búnaðarbanki hf.'', but the name was changed as the former name was considered too unwieldy for most people. From 2003 to 2006 the company used the name ''KB banki'' for its retail operations in Iceland. In December 2006, however, the bank started using the old name of ''Kaupþing'' for its network of high-street banks. It was announced that the change was part of the bank's plan to operate under the same name.〔(KB banki verður Kaupþing (visir.is) )〕 In November 2009, the bank's successor ("New Kaupthing") changed its name to Arion Bank. The "þ" character is a thorn/þorn. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kaupthing Bank」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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