Amsterdam - Dutch finance minister Wouter Bos had an emergency meeting with the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) management in Amsterdam to discuss the future of Dutch-Belgian bank and insurance company Fortis, it was reported on Sunday.

Bos was seen leaving the DNB premises early Sunday morning. The meeting had started late Saturday.

On Saturday, Dutch financial daily Het Financieele Dablad reported ABN AMRO Bank Netherlands, which was formally taken over by Fortis in October 2007 but operates as an autonomous banking unit within Fortis until late 2009, may be sold.

Belgian television VRT reported on Saturday a "drastic measure" may be taken about Fortis.

Shares of the Belgian-Dutch bank and insurance company Fortis dropped by another 21 per cent on Friday.

The bank said "only 3 per cent" of its funding from private customers - equal to some 5 billion euros (7.29 billion dollars) in savings - has been withdrawn from the bank in the past weeks. (dpa)