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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.
The BBVA Tower (also known as the Banco Francés Tower) is an office skyscraper in Buenos Aires, Argentina, currently serving as the headquarters of BBVA Argentina financial institution. [3] Completed between 2013 and 2016, the building stands at 155 m (509 ft) tall with 33 floors and is the eleventh tallest building in Buenos Aires .
The Kingdom of France's first experiment with a central bank was the Banque Générale (Banque Générale Privée or "General Private Bank"), set up by John Law at the behest of the Duke of Orléans after the death of Louis XIV.
In 1996, it entered Colombia with the acquisition of Banco Ganadero, and Argentina with the acquisition of BBVA Francés. It also made new acquisitions in Mexico, buying Banca Cremí and Banco de Oriente. In 1997, BBVA entered Venezuela by acquiring the Provincial Bank, which had been founded in 1953. It also expanded its presence in Argentina ...
François Pérol was the architect of the creation of Groupe BPCE, which he subsequently led for nearly a decade. Before moving to the Tours Duo in 2022, Groupe BPCE and Natixis were headquartered respectively on 50 and 30, Avenue Pierre-Mendès-France [] in Paris, flanked on both ends by office buildings of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.
It was a subsidiary of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from 2007 until 2021, when it was acquired by PNC Financial Services. It operated mainly in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas. The bank was earlier named Central Bank and Trust Company, Central Bank, Central Bancshares of the South, and Compass Bancshares.
Banco Francés del Río de la Plata: Argentina Argentina: 1887 Banco Nacional de la República Oriental del Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay: The only part of the bank that did not go into bankruptcy, the mortgage section, became in 1892 the Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay, nationalized in 1912 and still in operation. 1888 Hatton National Bank: Ceylon Sri ...
La Banque postale (French pronunciation: [la bɑ̃k pɔstal], lit. ' The Postal Bank ') is a French postal bank, created on 1 January 2006 as a subsidiary of La Poste, the national postal service.