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BBVA Argentina

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Banco BBVA Argentina S.A.
Company typeSociedad Anónima
BCBA: BBAR
NYSE: BBAR
BMAD: XBRF
MERVAL component
IndustryFinancial services
Founded14 October 1886; 137 years ago (1886-10-14)
HeadquartersBuenos Aires, Argentina
Key people
Jorge Carlos Bledel (CEO)
ProductsBanking, Insurance
RevenueIncrease US$ 1.4 billion (2023)[1]
US$ 1.45 billion (2023)[1]
Total assetsUS$ 24.4 million (2023) [1]
Number of employees
6,009 (2023) [1]
ParentBanco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
Websitebbva.com.ar

BBVA Argentina, formerly BBVA Banco Francés, is a financial institution in Argentina.

History

Founded on October 14, 1886, in Buenos Aires as Banco Francés del Río de la Plata (English: French Bank of the River Plate), it is the oldest private bank in Argentina. Its Beaux-Arts headquarters, designed by Jorge Bunge, were inaugurated in 1926.

Morgan Guaranty Trust acquired a 50% share in the bank in 1968, though the New York-based bank sold most of these to Alpargatas, a leading local industrial firm, a decade later.[2]

Despite the nation's economic woes during the 1980s, the Banco Francés expanded from 15 branches to 62 during the decade, and entered into a joint venture with Bankers Trust Company in 1986. Alpargatas sold its stake to local developer Eduardo Constantini in 1991, and entered into a second joint venture with Merrill Lynch in 1992.

In December 1996, Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, (now Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria), acquired the 99.9% of the common shares of Otar S.R.L., which was a major shareholder of Sud América Inversiones S.A., and holder of over 30% of the capital of Banco Francés, hence the BBVA in its name.[2]

The bank announced in 2013 it would relocate its headquarters to the Consultatio Tower, in the Catalinas Norte office park, upon the Tower's completion in 2015.[3]

In 2019, BBVA unified its brand worldwide and BBVA Francés was renamed BBVA.[4]

In 2023, BBVA Argentina had 243 branches (56 of them digital and 24 fully digital), 895 ATMs, and 861 ATSs across the country.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "BBVA Argentina Presentación Corporativa 4T23 & 2023" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  2. ^ a b "Banco Francés: historia" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
  3. ^ "El BBVA Francés pagó $ 1.200 millones y se quedó con la nueva torre de Costantini". Cronista. 12 July 2013.
  4. ^ "BBVA to unify its brand worldwide, changes its logo" (Press release). PR Newswire. December 24, 2019.
  5. ^ "Memoria Anual. Reporte integrado Argentina 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 9.

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