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The Bank of the Republic (Spanish: 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 according to Ley 31 de 1992. One of them is the issuance of the Colombian currency, the peso.
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 Guatemala. Bancolombia is one of the six banking-related companies of the COLCAP index. The Bank ...
The Bank of Bogotá (Banco de Bogotá) was the first private bank to be founded in Colombia in 1870. [1] From 1871, under Law 35 of 1865, notes issued by thirty-six private banks began to coexist with metal coin until 1886, and could be redeemed by the latter.
The printing of the notes of the Bank of the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: Imprenta de Billetes del Banco de la República de Colombia) was officially inaugurated on 23 October 1959, [5] and the 50,000 peso note was first printed in 2000. [6] The 50,000 peso note is the highest denomination of currency in Colombia, and measures 140mm by 70mm. [7]
The Robbery on the Bank of the Republic (in Spanish: Asalto al Banco de la República), also known as The robbery of the century in Colombia (In Spanish: El robo del siglo en Colombia), [1] was a robbery perpetrated on October 16 to 17, 1994 against a branch of the Bank of the Republic (the central bank of Colombia), located in Valledupar (a city in Northern Colombia) and in which the thieves ...
The Bank of Foreign Trade (Spanish: Banco de Comercio Exterior), Bancóldex, is a state owned [citation needed] commercial bank [1] that operates as Colombia's entrepreneurial development and export-import bank, providing long- and short-term financing and specialised financial products to support Colombian exports and other foreign trade-related activities with the goal to modernise companies ...
Banco de Occidente began operations as a commercial banking corporation, duly incorporated, on May 3, 1965, under the administration of the first manager, Mr. Alfonso Díaz. Its orientation and scope initially maintained a regional tone during the first years, a period during which the development of the banking sector was really slow.
Colombia, [b] officially the Republic of Colombia, [c] is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest.