Banco Provincia (BIP)

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Overview

Banco Provincia (BIP) is Argentine commercial bank + Province of Buenos Aires Argentina fully owned + Argentina's second-largest commercial bank by assets after Banco Nación + oldest Argentine bank since 1822 [1, ar-cro].

History

1822 — Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires founded by Bernardino Rivadavia as Argentina's first banking institution distinctive Argentine banking heritage.

2014 — Banco Provincia BIP Mobile app launch.

2020 — Banco Provincia Transferencias 3.0 + interoperable QR support.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Banco Provincia (Argentine commercial bank; Province of Buenos Aires fully owned).

Major shareholders: Province of Buenos Aires Argentine provincial government fully owned.

Regulators: BCRA (Banco Central de la República Argentina).

Technical integration

BIP Mobile app (iOS + Android) + bancoprovincia.com.ar online + Banco Provincia branch network across Buenos Aires province + Banco Provincia Visa + Mastercard cards; AR CBU + AR CVU + Transferencias 3.0 (Argentine interoperable instant payments + QR standard).

Implementations & partners

Major Argentine banking + payments competitors: [[banco-nacion]] (Banco Nación Argentina; Argentine federal government fully owned; Argentina's largest commercial bank by assets) + [[bbva-argentina]] (BBVA Argentina; BCBA:BBAR + NYSE:BBAR; BBVA Spain ~66.55% controlling; ~3.5M+ customers; MODO co-founder) + [[banco-galicia]] (Banco Galicia; Argentine commercial bank) + [[banco-santander-ar]] (Santander Argentina; Banco Santander Spain subsidiary) + [[banco-macro]] (Banco Macro; Argentine commercial bank) + modo (MODO; Argentine multi-bank wallet co-founded by major Argentine banks including BBVA Argentina + Banco Galicia + Banco Macro + Santander Argentina) + [[mercado-pago]] (Mercado Pago; Argentina's largest digital wallet by users; MercadoLibre group).

Regulator: BCRA.

Status

Active, Argentine commercial bank + Province of Buenos Aires Argentina fully owned + Argentina's second-largest commercial bank by assets after Banco Nación + oldest Argentine bank since 1822 [1, 2].

Sources

1 Banco Provincia — official
2 Banco Provincia — Wikipedia
ar-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/AR-argentina.md

Source

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