BanBif (Banco Interamericano de Finanzas)

Overview

BanBif (Banco Interamericano de Finanzas) is Peruvian commercial bank + IFH Perú Internacional Finance Holding Spanish-Peruvian parent + Fierro family controlling + one of Peru's mid-tier commercial banks + Plin Peruvian P2P digital wallet co-founder [1, pe-cro].

History

1991 — Banco Interamericano de Finanzas BanBif founded in Peru distinctive Peruvian banking heritage.

2014 — BanBif mobile banking app launch.

2020 — Plin Peruvian P2P digital wallet launch by Interbank + Scotiabank Peru + BBVA Peru + BanBif.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Banco Interamericano de Finanzas BanBif (Peruvian commercial bank; IFH parent).

Major shareholders: IFH Perú Internacional Finance Holding (Spanish-Peruvian financial group; Fierro family Spanish founders controlling) ~50.04% controlling + Britton + other Peruvian + foreign institutional investors.

Regulators: SBS Peru + BCRP.

Technical integration

BanBif mobile app (iOS + Android) + banbif.com.pe online + BanBif branch network across Peru + BanBif Visa + Mastercard cards + Plin P2P wallet integration; PE IBAN + Pago Efectivo + CCE.

Implementations & partners

Plin P2P consortium: plin (Plin Peruvian multi-bank P2P digital wallet by Interbank + Scotiabank Peru + BBVA Peru + BanBif).

Major Peruvian banking + payments competitors: [[bcp-peru]] (BCP Banco de Crédito del Perú; BVL: CREDITC1; Credicorp BVL: BAP + NYSE: BAP parent; Peru's largest commercial bank by assets) + [[bbva-peru]] (BBVA Peru; BBVA Spain Peruvian subsidiary) + [[interbank-peru]] (Interbank Peru; BVL: INBKC; Intercorp parent; Rodríguez-Pastor family controlling) + [[scotiabank-peru]] (Scotiabank Peru; Scotiabank Canadian parent subsidiary) + [[banco-de-la-nacion-pe]] (Banco de la Nación Peru; Peruvian federal commercial bank; Peru's largest state-owned commercial bank by branches) + [[mibanco]] (Mibanco; BCP Banco de Crédito del Perú Peruvian microfinance subsidiary; Peru's largest microfinance bank) + yape (Yape; BCP Banco de Crédito del Perú Peruvian mobile wallet; ~17M+ Peruvian users).

Regulators: SBS Peru + BCRP.

Status

Active, Peruvian commercial bank + IFH Perú Internacional Finance Holding Spanish-Peruvian parent + Fierro family controlling + one of Peru's mid-tier commercial banks + Plin Peruvian P2P digital wallet co-founder [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 BanBif — official
• 2 BanBif — Wikipedia
• pe-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/PE-peru.md

Source

Biography extracted from banbif.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.