Banco de la Nación Argentina
The Banco de la Nación Argentina (BNA), better known as Banco Nación, (English: Bank of the Argentine Nation) is a national bank in Argentina. was founded on October 26, 1891 at the initiative of President Carlos Pellegrini and through Law No. 2841, beginning to function on December 1 of that year in the headquarters located in the city of Buenos Aires.[1]
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Native name | Banco de la Nación Argentina |
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| Company type | State enterprise |
| Industry | insurance  |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Founder | Carlos Pellegrini |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations |
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Area served | International |
Key people | Silvina Batakis, President |
| Services | |
| Revenue |  US$ 5.1 billion (2010–2011) |
| US$ 1.1 billion (2010–2011) | |
| Total assets | US$ 36.7 billion (2011) |
Number of employees | 16,519 (2011) |
| Parent | Grupo Banco Nación |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [2][3] | |
The bank was created because the Argentine financial system was in a critical state, and at that time it was necessary to promote agriculture, livestock and different activities related to the agro-export model that had begun in Argentina at the end of the century. XIX. The previous National Bank, which had been founded on the initiative of Nicolás Avellaneda in 1872, had gone bankrupt.
The Bank is totally state capital, within the orbit of the Ministry of Economy of the Argentine Republic. It currently has more than 600 branches not only within Argentina, but also in Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, the United States, China and Spain, reaching a presence in Venezuela, the United Kingdom, France and Japan.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "BNA: Nuestra historia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-05-29.
- ↑ "Estado de situación patrimonial y estado de resultados" (PDF) (in Spanish). Banco de la Nación Argentina.
- ↑ "Ranking de bancos" (in Spanish). ABA.[permanent dead link]
Other websites
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