UPDATE: New Amsterdam Court Meeting Of DSB Bank Friday

A court in Amsterdam will hold a closed meeting at 1200 GMT on the DSB Bank NV bankruptcy case, the court said Friday on its Web site.

The court has to decide whether Dutch non-listed DSB Bank has succeeded in finding a serious takeover candidate or that it should be declared bankrupt. The court said Thursday that if DSB Bank succeeded in finding a serious takeover candidate a hearing with concerned parties would continue Friday at 1200 GMT.

DSB Bank owner Dirk Scheringa said late Thursday that he had found an interested U.S. candidate as a "last viable option."

The court declined to comment further on the new meeting and DSB Bank wasn't immediately available for comment.

The troubled lender bank earlier Thursday said it had failed to reach an agreement with six large Dutch banks to be saved from bankruptcy.

DSB was placed into administration Monday by the Dutch central bank after a run on deposits.

Talks on a rescue operation for DSB between the Dutch Central Bank and the major Dutch banks failed "owing to uncertainty surrounding possible claims on DSB," the central bank said previously.

-By Bart Koster; Dow Jones Newswires; [phone]; [e-mail]