bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets.
Because ...
s in the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
.
Largest banks in the Americas
The 15 largest banks in the Americas by total
assets
In financial accounting, an asset is any resource owned or controlled by a business or an economic entity. It is anything (tangible or intangible) that can be used to produce positive economic value. Assets represent value of ownership that can ...
Central Bank of The Bahamas
The Central Bank of The Bahamas is the reserve bank of The Bahamas based in the capital Nassau.
The bank was established on 1 June 1974 but traces its origins to the currency board established in 1919. The bank carries out the independent mon ...
FirstCaribbean International Bank
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) is a financial services company based in Barbados and the Caribbean subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). The bank was founded in 2002 as FirstCaribbean International Bank t ...
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) is a financial services company based in Barbados and the Caribbean subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). The bank was founded in 2002 as FirstCaribbean International Bank t ...
Caribbean Development Bank
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is a financial institution that helps Caribbean nations finance social and economic programs in its member countries. CDB was established by an Agreement signed on October 18, 1969, in Kingston, Jamaica, and ent ...
(CDB)
Belize
Central bank
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Central Bank of Belize
The Central Bank of Belize is the central bank of Belize, established in 1982. In 2021 Gustavo Manuel Vasquez was chosen to serve as Governor, replacing A. Joy Grant, who had served in the role since 2016.National Bank of Belize Limited
Major privately owned banks
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Belize Bank
Belize Bank (BB) is the first, oldest continuing, and largest bank in Belize. , it had over BZ$880 million in assets and BZ$147 million of capital reserves. Its network of 11 branches covers the entire country. The Belize Bank Limited has a 44% m ...
Ltd.
* Scotiabank (Belize Limited)
* Alliance Bank of Belize Limited; now known as Heritage Bank Limited
* Atlantic Bank Limited
* CIBC First Caribbean International Bank
ABN AMRO
ABN or abn may refer to:
Companies
* ABN AMRO Group, a Dutch bank group
* ABN AMRO, sometimes referred to as "ABN" in shorthand, is a Dutch state-owned bank
* Algemene Bank Nederland, a now-defunct Dutch bank
Radio, news and television organizat ...
*Banco Agrícola de Bolivia
*Banco Boliviano Americano
*Banco de Credito Oruro
*Banco de Cochabamba
*Banco de Financiamiento Industrial
*Banco de La Paz
*Banco de la Vivienda
*Banco de Potosí
*Banco de San Carlos
*Banco del Progreso
*Banco Intenacional de Desarrollo
*Banco Minero de Bolivia
* Banco PyME Los Andes ProCredit
*Banco Santa Cruz
*Banco Sur
*BHN Multibanco
* Citibank
Brazil
Central bank
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Central Bank of Brazil
The Central Bank of Brazil ( pt, Banco Central do Brasil) is Brazil's central bank. It was established on Thursday, 31 December 1964, a New Year's Eve.
The bank is not linked to any ministry, currently being autonomous. Like other central banks ...
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...
Minas Gerais
Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...
Banco do Brasil
Banco do Brasil S.A. ( en, Bank of Brazil) is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. The oldest bank in Brazil, and among the oldest banks in continuous operation in the world, it was founded by John VI, King ...
(Federal Government as main shareholder)
*
Caixa Econômica Federal
Caixa Econômica Federal (, ''Federal Savings Bank''), also referred to as Caixa, is a state-owned Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. It is the fourth largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as t ...
(Federal Government-owned)
Private-owned banks
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Itaú Unibanco
Banco Itaú Unibanco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
Itaú Unibanco was formed through the merger of Banco Itaú and Unibanco in 2008. It is the largest banking institution in Brazil, as well a ...
*
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
*
Banco Santander Brasil
Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. is the Brazilian subsidiary of the Spanish Santander Group, headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the fifth largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the fifth largest in Latin America, and the large ...
; (owned by Spanish
Banco Santander
Banco Santander, S.A., doing business as Santander Group (, , Spanish: ), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in all global financial centr ...
Banco de Brasília
BRB Banco de Brasília S.A, more commonly referred to as BRB or Banco de Brasília, is a state owned Brazilian bank that is controlled by the government of the Federal District. The Bank offers a range of financial products and services, includi ...
Espírito Santo
Espírito Santo (, , ; ) is a state in southeastern Brazil. Its capital is Vitória, and its largest city is Serra. With an extensive coastline, the state hosts some of the country's main ports, and its beaches are significant tourist attra ...
Pará
Pará is a state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest are the borders of Guyana ...
Sergipe
Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region along the Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geographical area at , larger only than the Federal District. Serg ...
-owned)
* Banco do Nordeste (Federal Government as main shareholder)
Bank of Communications
Bank of Communications Limited (BoComm) (; often abbreviated as ), is the fifth-largest bank in mainland China.
Established in 1908, the Bank of Communications claims a long history in China and is one of the banks to have issued banknotes in mo ...
Votorantim Group
Votorantim S.A. is a permanently capitalized investment holding company, with a long-term investment approach. Its portfolio companies operate in 16 countries and in different economic sectors, as building materials, finance, aluminum, clean and r ...
and
Banco do Brasil
Banco do Brasil S.A. ( en, Bank of Brazil) is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. The oldest bank in Brazil, and among the oldest banks in continuous operation in the world, it was founded by John VI, King ...
BTG Pactual
BTG Pactual is a Brazilian financial company that operates in the markets of investment banking, wealth management, asset management, corporate lending and sales and trading. It offers advisory services in mergers and acquisitions, wealth plan ...
Banco Safra
Banco Safra is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the seventh largest banking institution in Brazil, and the nineteenth largest in Latin America. It provides services in investment banking, priva ...
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
* Banco Bandeirantes; acquired by
Caixa Geral de Depósitos
Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) () is a Portuguese state-owned banking corporation, and the largest bank in Portugal, established in Lisbon in 1876.
CGD now has presence in 23 countries spanning four continents through branches, representative ...
, later merged with
Unibanco
Unibanco S.A. was a Brazilian bank which operated from 1924 to 2009, when it was merged into Banco Itaú. The name stood for ''União de Bancos Brasileiros'' ("Union of Brazilian Banks").
Foundation
In 1924 João Moreira Salles established the ...
, now
Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
* Banorte; acquired by Banco Bandeirantes, later merged with
Unibanco
Unibanco S.A. was a Brazilian bank which operated from 1924 to 2009, when it was merged into Banco Itaú. The name stood for ''União de Bancos Brasileiros'' ("Union of Brazilian Banks").
Foundation
In 1924 João Moreira Salles established the ...
, now
Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
* Banco Boavista; acquired by
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
* Banco Credireal; acquired by BCN, now
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
* Banco de Crédito Nacional (BCN); acquired by
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
* Banco Econômico; merged with Banco Excel, later acquired by BBVA Brasil, now
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
* Banco do Estado do Amazonas (BEA); acquired by
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
* Banco do Estado da Bahia (Baneb); acquired by
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
* Banco do Estado do Ceará (BEC); acquired by
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
* Banco do Estado de Goiás (BEG); acquired by
Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
* Banco do Estado do Maranhão (BEM); acquired by
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
* Banco do Estado de Minas Gerais (Bemge); acquired by
Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
* Banco do Estado da Paraíba (Paraiban); acquired by
Banco Real {{Infobox company
, name = Banco Real
, logo = Banco Real.svg
, trade_name = Banco ABN Amro Real S.A.
, type = S.A.
, predecessor = Banco da Lavoura
, founded = {{Start date, 1971, 03, 01, df=y in São Paulo, Brazil
, founder = Aloysio de ...
, now Santander Brasil
* Banco do Estado do Paraná (Banestado); acquired by
Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
* Banco do Estado de Pernambuco (Bandepe); acquired by
Banco Real {{Infobox company
, name = Banco Real
, logo = Banco Real.svg
, trade_name = Banco ABN Amro Real S.A.
, type = S.A.
, predecessor = Banco da Lavoura
, founded = {{Start date, 1971, 03, 01, df=y in São Paulo, Brazil
, founder = Aloysio de ...
, now Santander Brasil
* Banco do Estado do Piauí (BEP); acquired by
Banco do Brasil
Banco do Brasil S.A. ( en, Bank of Brazil) is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. The oldest bank in Brazil, and among the oldest banks in continuous operation in the world, it was founded by John VI, King ...
* Banco do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Banerj); acquired by
Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
* Banco do Estado de Santa Catarina (BESC); acquired by
Banco do Brasil
Banco do Brasil S.A. ( en, Bank of Brazil) is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. The oldest bank in Brazil, and among the oldest banks in continuous operation in the world, it was founded by John VI, King ...
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
* Banco Mercantil Finasa; acquired by
Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the third largest in Latin America, and the seventy-ni ...
* Banco Meridional; acquired by Banco Bozano Simonsen, later merged with Santander Brasil
*
Banco Nacional
Banco Nacional was a bank from Brazil. It was taken over by Unibanco in 1995.
The ''Nacional'' brand is better known as main sponsor of Ayrton Senna during most of his racing career in Formula One (1984-1994).
The TV Globo's popular news program ...
; acquired by
Unibanco
Unibanco S.A. was a Brazilian bank which operated from 1924 to 2009, when it was merged into Banco Itaú. The name stood for ''União de Bancos Brasileiros'' ("Union of Brazilian Banks").
Foundation
In 1924 João Moreira Salles established the ...
, now
Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
* Banco Nossa Caixa; acquired by
Banco do Brasil
Banco do Brasil S.A. ( en, Bank of Brazil) is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. The oldest bank in Brazil, and among the oldest banks in continuous operation in the world, it was founded by John VI, King ...
*
Banco Real {{Infobox company
, name = Banco Real
, logo = Banco Real.svg
, trade_name = Banco ABN Amro Real S.A.
, type = S.A.
, predecessor = Banco da Lavoura
, founded = {{Start date, 1971, 03, 01, df=y in São Paulo, Brazil
, founder = Aloysio de ...
; formerly owned by
ABN AMRO
ABN or abn may refer to:
Companies
* ABN AMRO Group, a Dutch bank group
* ABN AMRO, sometimes referred to as "ABN" in shorthand, is a Dutch state-owned bank
* Algemene Bank Nederland, a now-defunct Dutch bank
Radio, news and television organizat ...
, later merged with Santander Brasil
* Banco Sudameris; acquired by
Banco Real {{Infobox company
, name = Banco Real
, logo = Banco Real.svg
, trade_name = Banco ABN Amro Real S.A.
, type = S.A.
, predecessor = Banco da Lavoura
, founded = {{Start date, 1971, 03, 01, df=y in São Paulo, Brazil
, founder = Aloysio de ...
Unibanco
Unibanco S.A. was a Brazilian bank which operated from 1924 to 2009, when it was merged into Banco Itaú. The name stood for ''União de Bancos Brasileiros'' ("Union of Brazilian Banks").
Foundation
In 1924 João Moreira Salles established the ...
; merged with
Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
Banco del Estado de Chile
Banco del Estado de Chile (In English: ''Bank of the State of Chile''), commercially operating under the brand BancoEstado, is the only Public Bank in Chile and was created by government decree in 1953. It provides financial services to consume ...
Commercial banks
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Banco BICE Banco BICE (Banco Industrial y de Comercio Exterior) is a Chilean bank.
It was founded in 1979, is based in Santiago, and is controlled by the Matte family. Bernardo Matte is the president. The CEO is Alberto Schilling Redlich.
In 2013, Banco BIC ...
Banco Santander
Banco Santander, S.A., doing business as Santander Group (, , Spanish: ), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in all global financial centr ...
Itaú Unibanco
Banco Itaú Unibanco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
Itaú Unibanco was formed through the merger of Banco Itaú and Unibanco in 2008. It is the largest banking institution in Brazil, as well a ...
Banco do Brasil
Banco do Brasil S.A. ( en, Bank of Brazil) is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. The oldest bank in Brazil, and among the oldest banks in continuous operation in the world, it was founded by John VI, King ...
JP Morgan Chase Bank
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Trade name, doing business as Chase Bank or often as Chase, is an American national bank headquartered in New York City, that constitutes the retail banking, consumer and commercial bank, commercial banking subsidiar ...
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The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
is the largest bank in Japan. It was established on January 1, 2006, following the merger of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. and UFJ Bank Ltd. MUFG is one of the three so-called Japanese "megabanks" (along with SMBC and Mizuho). As such, ...
Banco Santander
Banco Santander, S.A., doing business as Santander Group (, , Spanish: ), is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in all global financial centr ...
, some assets sold to
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...
Banco Paris
Banco Paris was a bank in Chile.
Overview
It was created in 2004 with the Santiago Express division of Banco Santander-Chile.United Nations, ''Foreign Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2005'', 2006, p. 15/ref>Jay P. Pederson, ''Inter ...
BankBoston
BankBoston was a bank based in Boston, Massachusetts, which was created by the 1996 merger of Bank of Boston and BayBank. One of its predecessor banks started in 1784, but the merged BankBoston was short-lived, being acquired by Fleet Bank in 19 ...
; Chilean operations bought by
Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
Rabobank
Rabobank (; full name: ''Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.'') is a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands. The group comprises 89 local Dutch Rabobanks (2019), a central organisation (Raboban ...
; dissolved in 2017, banking assets sold to
Banco BICE Banco BICE (Banco Industrial y de Comercio Exterior) is a Chilean bank.
It was founded in 1979, is based in Santiago, and is controlled by the Matte family. Bernardo Matte is the president. The CEO is Alberto Schilling Redlich.
In 2013, Banco BIC ...
.
Enterprise banks
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Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Sto ...
; left the Chilean market in 2016.
Colombia
Central bank
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Banco de la República
The Bank of the Republic ( es, Banco de la República) is the central bank of Colombia. It was initially established under the regeneration era in 1880. Its main modern functions, under the new Colombian constitution were detailed by Congress ...
Commercial banks
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Bancolombia
Bancolombia S.A. (also known as Grupo Bancolombia; formerly: Banco de Colombia) is a full-service financial institution that provides financial products and services in Colombia, Panama, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands
The Ca ...
Davivienda
Davivienda is a Colombian bank founded on August 1, 1972, which renders services to individuals, companies, and the rural sector. Currently, it is part of Grupo Bolivar and it is the third-largest bank in Colombia by assets and profits.
History ...
Banco Pichincha
The Banco Pichincha is the largest private-sector bank in Ecuador, by capitalization and by number of depositors. It is the primary bank of the Pichincha Group (''Grupo Pichincha''), a business group that includes the companies associated with th ...
Banco de Costa Rica
Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) is a state-owned commercial bank that operates in Costa Rica. With an equity of $806,606,710 and assets of $7,607,483,881, the bank has established itself as one of the strongest banking companies in both Costa Rica an ...
HSBC Costa Rica
HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in Europe by total assets ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021. In 2021, HSBC had $10.8 tril ...
Davivienda
Davivienda is a Colombian bank founded on August 1, 1972, which renders services to individuals, companies, and the rural sector. Currently, it is part of Grupo Bolivar and it is the third-largest bank in Colombia by assets and profits.
History ...
Cuba
Central bank
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Central Bank of Cuba
The Central Bank of Cuba ( es, Banco Central de Cuba, BCC) is the central bank of Cuba. It was created in 1997 to take over many of the functions of the National Bank of Cuba ( es, Banco Nacional de Cuba, links=no), which was established on 23 De ...
Commercial banks
*Banco de Crédito y Comercio
*Banco de Inversiones
*Banco Exterior de Cuba
*Banco Financiero Internacional
*Banco Industrial de Venezuela-Cuba
*Banco Internacional de Comercio
*Banco Metropolitano
*Banco Nacional de Cuba
*Banco Popular de Ahorro
Republic Bank
Republic Bank Limited is a leading Caribbean financial institution headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago. It has operations in Anguilla, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevi ...
Foreign-owned banks
*
FirstCaribbean International Bank
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) is a financial services company based in Barbados and the Caribbean subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). The bank was founded in 2002 as FirstCaribbean International Bank t ...
(FCIB); subsidiary of
CIBC
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC; french: Banque canadienne impériale de commerce) is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at CIBC Square in the Financial District of Toronto, Ontario. ...
Central Bank of the Dominican Republic
The Central Bank of the Dominican Republic ( es, Banco Central de la República Dominicana, BCRD) was established by the Monetary and Banking Law of 1947 as the central bank of the Dominican Republic, responsible for regulating the country's moneta ...
Banco Pichincha
The Banco Pichincha is the largest private-sector bank in Ecuador, by capitalization and by number of depositors. It is the primary bank of the Pichincha Group (''Grupo Pichincha''), a business group that includes the companies associated with th ...
Banco de Guayaquil
Banco may refer to:
Places
* Banc (Barcelona Metro), also called Banco, a closed metro stop on the Barcelona metro
* Banco, Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Banco, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Banco National Park, a nat ...
*
Produbanco Banco de la Producción S.A., better known as Produbanco, is an Ecuadorian bank. It is the head of the ''Grupo Financiero Producción''. The bank began operations in November 1978.
See also
*Banking in Ecuador Banking in Ecuador has a long histor ...
Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador
The Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador (Spanish: ''Banco Central de El Salvador'') is the central bank of El Salvador, which controls the currency rate and regulates certain economic activities within El Salvador. The bank was originally private ...
Major banks
*
Banco Agricola
Bancolombia S.A. (also known as Grupo Bancolombia; formerly: Banco de Colombia) is a full-service financial institution that provides financial products and services in Colombia, Panama, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, Peru and Guate ...
Banco Davivienda El Salvador
Banco Davivienda El Salvador, established in 1885, is the third largest bank in El Salvador. , it had some 65 branches, 1,800 employees and $1.5 billion in assets.
History
In 1891 the bank, merged with the branch there of Anglo-South American ...
Grenada Co-operative Bank
Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pet ...
RBTT Bank Grenada Limited
The Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (RBTT) was a commercial bank based in Trinidad and Tobago and one of the largest commercial banking corporations in the Caribbean region. As of 2008 RBTT Holdings had a group asset base of over US$6.2 billion d ...
*
Republic Bank(Grenada) Limited
Republic Bank Limited is a leading Caribbean financial institution headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago. It has operations in Anguilla, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevi ...
Foreign-owned banks
*
First Caribbean International Bank
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) is a financial services company based in Barbados and the Caribbean subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). The bank was founded in 2002 as FirstCaribbean International Bank th ...
(FCIB); subsidiary of
CIBC
The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC; french: Banque canadienne impériale de commerce) is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at CIBC Square in the Financial District of Toronto, Ontario. ...
Guyana
Central Bank
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Bank of Guyana
The Bank of Guyana (BoG) is the central bank of Guyana. It was established in 1965 in advance of the country's independence in 1966. Dr. Gobind Ganga has been the governor of BoG since December 2014.
Bank logo
The Bank's logo is divided into fou ...
Republic Bank
Republic Bank Limited is a leading Caribbean financial institution headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago. It has operations in Anguilla, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevi ...
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*Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry Ltd. (GBTI)
*Demerara Bank Ltd.
*Citizen's Bank Guyana Inc.
Bank of Baroda
Bank of Baroda (BOB or BoB) is an Indian public sector bank headquartered in Vadodara, Gujarat. It is the second largest public sector bank in India after State Bank of India, with 132 million customers, a total business of US$218 billion, ...
Banco Azteca
Banco Azteca is a Mexican bank chain which operates in Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru and El Salvador. The company's products are consumer credit for goods, personal loans, small business loans, credit cards, mortgages and payroll syst ...
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Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank plc is a British retail and commercial bank with branches across England and Wales. It has traditionally been considered one of the " Big Four" clearing banks. Lloyds Bank is the largest retail bank in Britain, and has an exte ...
*The Bank of Nova Scotia (Parent - Scotia Bank)
*Citibank Jamaica (Parent - Citibank)
*First Caribbean International Bank (Parent - CIBC)
*National Commercial of Jamaica (Parent -Portland Holdings)
*RBTT Jamaica Limited (Parent - Royal Bank of Trinidad & Tobago)
Merchant banks
Locally owned banks
*Capital & Credit Merchant Bank (Parent - Capital & Credit Financial Group)
*MF&G Trust & Finance
*PanCaribbean Merchant Bank
Subsidiary/branch of foreign entity
*Scotia DBG (Parent -The Bank of Nova Scotia)
Mexico
Panama
Commercial local banks
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Banco General (merger between Banco General and Banco Continental)
Banco may refer to:
Places
* Banc (Barcelona Metro), also called Banco, a closed metro stop on the Barcelona metro
* Banco, Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Banco, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Banco National Park, a nation ...
Credicorp Bank
Credicorp is the leading financial services holding company in Peru, with presence in Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Panama and the United States. It currently has a consolidated universal banking, insurance and pension platform that serves all segme ...
*HSBC (merger between Panama's largest banking group Grupo Banistmo and HSBC Panama)
*Citibank (subsidiary of Citigroup which merged with Banco Uno and Banco Cuscatlan)
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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (), better known by its initialism BBVA, is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Bilbao, Spain. It is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, and is present ...
Banco do Brasil
Banco do Brasil S.A. ( en, Bank of Brazil) is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. The oldest bank in Brazil, and among the oldest banks in continuous operation in the world, it was founded by John VI, King ...
BBVA
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (), better known by its initialism BBVA, is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Bilbao, Spain. It is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, and is present ...
Banco Río
Banco may refer to:
Places
* Banc (Barcelona Metro), also called Banco, a closed metro stop on the Barcelona metro
* Banco, Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Banco, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
* Banco National Park, a nation ...
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Banco Itaú
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
History
Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name ''Banco Central de Crédito'' (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed ...
Banco Azteca
Banco Azteca is a Mexican bank chain which operates in Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru and El Salvador. The company's products are consumer credit for goods, personal loans, small business loans, credit cards, mortgages and payroll syst ...
Santander
Santander may refer to:
Places
* Santander, Spain, a port city and capital of the autonomous community of Cantabria, Spain
* Santander Department, a department of Colombia
* Santander State, former state of Colombia
* Santander de Quilichao, a m ...
Deutsche Bank
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Banco Santander
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Operations in Peru acquired by Banco de Credito del Peru (Santander returns to Peru in 2007)
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BankBoston
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Peruvian operations acquired by Banco de Credito del Peru
* Banco de Lima Sudameris Merged with Banco Wiese and rebranded as Banco Wiese Sudameris
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NBK Bank NBK may refer to any one of the following:
* Nabeya Bi-tech Kaisha, a Japanese company
* Nandamuri Balakrishna, an Indian actor and Politician
* National Bank of Kenya
* National Bank of Kuwait
* ''Natural Born Killers'', a 1994 motion picture
** Na ...
Banco Latino
Banco Latino was a Venezuelan bank based in Caracas, and at the time of its 1994 failure was the country's second largest.''The New York Times'', 16 May 1994Failure of High-Flying Banks Shakes Venezuelan Economy/ref> It had a good relationship wit ...
Banco Hipotecario
Banco Hipotecario ( BCBAbr>BHIP is a commercial bank and mortgage lender in Argentina.
Overview
The institution was chartered on September 24, 1886, as the ''Banco Hipotecario Nacional'' (''National Mortgage Bank'') by a bill (Law 1804) signed b ...
1st National Bank of St Lucia
1st National Bank St Lucia Ltd is a St Lucian bank
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Bank of Saint Lucia
Bank of Saint Lucia is a subsidiary of Eastern Caribbean Financial Holding Company. It was formed in July 2001 as a result of the merger between National Commercial Bank and the Saint Lucia Development Bank.
Bank of Saint Lucia is the largest ba ...
Branches of foreign banks
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Republic Bank
Republic Bank Limited is a leading Caribbean financial institution headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago. It has operations in Anguilla, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevi ...
FirstCaribbean International Bank
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) is a financial services company based in Barbados and the Caribbean subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). The bank was founded in 2002 as FirstCaribbean International Bank t ...
(FCIB); Subsidiary of
CIBC
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Central bank
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Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
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First Caribbean International Bank
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB) is a financial services company based in Barbados and the Caribbean subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). The bank was founded in 2002 as FirstCaribbean International Bank th ...
Republic Bank
Republic Bank Limited is a leading Caribbean financial institution headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago. It has operations in Anguilla, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevi ...
United Bank Limited
United Bank Limited (UBL) () is a Pakistani multinational commercial bank which is a subsidiary of British company Bestway Group. It is based in Karachi, Pakistan. It is one of the largest banks in the Pakistani private sector, with over 1,400 br ...
Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
The Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (RBTT) was a commercial bank based in Trinidad and Tobago and one of the largest commercial banking corporations in the Caribbean region. As of 2008 RBTT Holdings had a group asset base of over US$6.2 billion d ...
* Southern Commercial Bank Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Central Bank
*The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
Other Banks
*Bank of Baroda Trinidad and Tobago Limited
*Citicorp Merchant Bank Ltd
* First Citizens Bank (Trinidad and Tobago)
*Intercommercial Bank Limited
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Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
The Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (RBTT) was a commercial bank based in Trinidad and Tobago and one of the largest commercial banking corporations in the Caribbean region. As of 2008 RBTT Holdings had a group asset base of over US$6.2 billion d ...
(RBTT)
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Republic Bank
Republic Bank Limited is a leading Caribbean financial institution headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago. It has operations in Anguilla, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevi ...
Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay
Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (also known as Banco República or BROU) is a state-owned bank in Uruguay, founded in 1896 under the presidency of Juan Idiarte Borda. It is the most important Uruguayan bank with the largest number o ...
Scotiabank Uruguay S.A. (ex. Nuevo Banco Comercial S.A.)
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Lloyds TSB
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Central Bank of Venezuela
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Banco Venezolano de Crédito
Venezolano de Crédito (Venezuelan of Credit, in English) ( BVCBVE is a Venezuelan bank based in Caracas, Venezuela
Caracas (, ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, abbreviated as CCS, is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and ...
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Banesco
Banesco Banco Universal C.A. is a Venezuelan financial institution whose principal branch is located in Caracas. The bank is part of the Asociación Bancaria de Venezuela (Venezuela's Banking Association).
Banesco has 340 branches all over Vene ...
Banco Federal
Banco Federal was a Venezuelan bank based in Caracas. At the end of April 2010 it was the country's 11th-largest bank, with deposits of 7.66 billion bolivars, or 2.82 percent of total deposits in the banking system.''BusinessWeek'', 14 June 2010Ve ...
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Banco Latino
Banco Latino was a Venezuelan bank based in Caracas, and at the time of its 1994 failure was the country's second largest.''The New York Times'', 16 May 1994Failure of High-Flying Banks Shakes Venezuelan Economy/ref> It had a good relationship wit ...
List of largest banks
The following are lists of the largest banks in the world, as measured by total assets.
By total assets
The list is based on the April 2022 S&P Global Market Intelligence report of the 100 largest banks in the world. The ranking was based upon a ...
List of largest banks in the United States
The following table lists the 100 largest bank holding companies in the United States ranked by total assets of June 30, 2022 per the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council; their market capitalization is also shown. This list does not ...