og Vexelbank i Kjøbenhavn ("The Danish Farmers' Bank, Mortgage and Exchange Bank of Copenhagen"), and was subsequently known as Landmandsbanken ("Farmers' Bank") for more than a century. In 1976, the bank changed name to Den Danske Bank ("The Danish Bank"), and the current shortened name was adopted in 2000.

Danske Bank was at the heart of what has been described as possibly the largest money laundering