Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz

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Overview

Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz is Bolivian commercial bank + one of Bolivia's largest commercial banks by assets + market capitalization + Bolivian Mercantil + Santa Cruz banking heritage since 1905 [1, bo-cro].

History

1905 — Banco Mercantil founded in La Paz Bolivia.

Oct 1 2006 — Banco Mercantil + Banco Santa Cruz merger forms Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz BMSC distinctive Bolivian banking consolidation.

2014 — BMSC Móvil mobile banking app launch.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz S.A. BMSC (Bolivian commercial bank).

Major shareholders: Grupo Financiero Mercantil Santa Cruz (Bolivian financial group; Asbún family + other Bolivian founders controlling) + Bolivian retail + institutional + foreign investors.

Regulators: ASFI Bolivia + BCB.

Technical integration

BMSC Móvil mobile app (iOS + Android) + bmsc.com.bo online + BMSC branch network across Bolivia + BMSC Visa + Mastercard cards; BO IBAN + ATC.

Implementations & partners

Major Bolivian banking + payments competitors: [[bisa]] (Banco BISA Bolivia; Bolivian commercial bank; Grupo Financiero BISA + Asbun + Stechauner Bolivian founding families controlling) + [[banco-nacional-bolivia]] (Banco Nacional de Bolivia; Bolivia's oldest commercial bank since Sep 1 1872) + [[bancosol]] (BancoSol Bolivian microfinance commercial bank; world's first regulated for-profit microfinance bank) + [[banco-economico]] (Banco Económico Bolivian commercial bank) + [[banco-fie]] (Banco FIE Bolivian commercial bank from microfinance roots) + [[banco-fortaleza]] (Banco Fortaleza Bolivian commercial bank) + [[banco-prodem]] (Banco PRODEM Bolivian microfinance commercial bank) + [[banco-union]] (Banco Unión Bolivian state-owned commercial bank).

Regulators: ASFI Bolivia + BCB.

Status

Active, Bolivian commercial bank + one of Bolivia's largest commercial banks by assets + market capitalization + Bolivian Mercantil + Santa Cruz banking heritage since 1905 + Oct 1 2006 Banco Mercantil + Banco Santa Cruz merger [1, 2].

Sources

1 BMSC — official
2 BMSC — Wikipedia
bo-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/BO-bolivia.md

Source

Biography extracted from banco-mercantil-santa-cruz.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.