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Banco Itaú began in 1945 under the name Banco Central de Crédito (Central Bank of Credit) and later changed its name to Banco Federal de Crédito (Federal Bank of Credit). In 1964, Banco Federal Itaú S.A. merged Banco Federal de Crédito and Banco Itaú, a rural bank belonging to a group originated in Itaú de Minas, in Minas Gerais state. [1]
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.
Later, in 1972, the bank purchased Banco de Chillán and, in 1975, Banco de Valdivia. In November 1975, CORFO sold shares to private businessmen who took control of the bank the following year. After a period of growth, in 1980 Banco de Concepción was redefined as a nationwide bank; it changed its name to Banco Concepción and moved its ...
Macro BMA was an Argentine banking entity owned by Banco Macro between November 2023 and November 2024. It was a successor to the Argentine subsidiary of the Brazilian Itaú bank, created on November 4, 2023, one day after the Argentine Central Bank authorized Grupo Macro to acquire the aforementioned subsidiary.
Itaúsa is a Brazilian multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.It is one of the largest private conglomerates in Brazil and in the world. [2]
Banco Itau Paraguay S.A. was founded in 1978 as Interbanco SA. property of National Bank of Brazil. In 1995 was acquired by Unibanco Group. As a result of the merger between Unibanco and Banco Itaú in 2008, was renamed Banco Itaú Paraguay S.A in 2010. Itau is considered the biggest bank in Paraguay.
Banco Itaú Chile was one of the largest Chilean banks and a subsidiary of Brazilian bank Itaú Unibanco, was founded in 2006, as Bank Boston in Chile. Itaú Unibanco boughtin 2006 the Bank Boston's operation and changed its brand to Itaú. In September 2011 Banco Itaú Chile announced the purchase of operations of British bank HSBC in Chile. [1]
In time its headquarters moved to São Paulo, in the homonymous state, Brazil's largest financial center.Unibanco grew to be the third largest non-government bank in the country, largely due to the 1995 acquisition of Banco Nacional, which went bankrupt alongside other major financial houses during the national banking meltdown of the early years of the Real Plan.