Confusion has emerged over the ownership of two European private banks branded under the ABN Amro name after yesterday’s bailout of Fortis.

Paris-based Banque Neuflize OBC and Frankfurt-based Delbrück Bethmann Maffei supposedly owned by the consortium set up by Santander, the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Fortis, called RFS, to divide up the sale of ABN Amro, are likely to be looking for new owners.