At first glance, they appear to be far apart: the banking sector and the academic world. But banks and universities are no longer strangers to each other.
In fact, they are increasingly working together in research on social issues such as health care, sustainability and financial stability.
ABN AMRO cooperates intensively with various universities, says Micha Rentier, head of the Technology Lab at ABN AMRO.
“As a bank, we want to make a contribution to society.
For this we go beyond our own domain and work together with science. If you want to make progress in conducting thorough social research, you need the universities to do that.