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Banco Itaú Unibanco S.A. is a Brazilian
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company headquartered in
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, 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 as the largest in Latin America, and the seventy-third largest bank in the world. The bank is listed on the B3 in São Paulo and in
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in New York. Itaú Unibanco has operations in Brazil,
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in Asia. It has over 33,000 service points globally, including 4,335 branches in Brazil and 55 million customers globally. Itaúsa, a large Brazilian conglomerate ranking among Fortune magazine's top 500 corporations in the world, serves as the parent company. Outside Brazil, Itaú Unibanco has offices in
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. In 2022, Itaú was considered the most valuable brand in Brazil.


History

In September 2006, Banco Itaú bought BankBoston's assets in Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. On November 4, 2008, Banco Itaú and Unibanco announced the merger that resulted in Banco Itaú Unibanco. The institution was born with R$575 billion in assets, a net equity of around R$51.7 billion and a portfolio of combined credit of R$225.3 billion. The new bank had 4,800 branches and service branches, representing 18% of Brazil's banking network, and 14.5 million account holders (18% of the market). In terms of credit volume, it represented 19% of the Brazilian system and in total deposits, funds and managed portfolios, 21% by 2008. In the insurance and pension plan market, the new group had a 17% and 24% share, respectively. The wholesale operations (corporate) totaled more than R$65 billion, serving more than 2,000 economic groups in Brazil. The private banking (wealth management) business had become the largest in Latin America, with approximately R$90 billion in assets under management. On August 22, 2009, Banco Itaú Unibanco and insurance company Porto Seguro announced their
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. In June 2013, the bank agreed to buy Citibank Uruguay's retail banking operations. In 2014, Banco Itaú announced that it was merging with Chilean bank Corpbanca. As a result, Itaú bought Helm Bank, Corpbanca's operation in Colombia and Panama, and rebranded it under the Itaú name.


Logo Evolution

Itaú 63.svg, 1966-1973 Itaú 73.svg, 1973-1980 Itaú 1980.svg, 1980-1992 Itaú 1992.svg, 1992-2003 Banco Itaú logo.svg, 2003-2023 Itaú Unibanco logo 2023.svg, 2023-present


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External links


Itaú International
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