# Banco Ciudad de Buenos Aires

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-ciudad
> research date 2026-05-31 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Banco Ciudad — official](https://www.bancociudad.com.ar/)

## Overview

**Banco Ciudad de Buenos Aires** is **Argentine commercial bank** + **Government of the City of Buenos Aires fully owned** + **one of Argentina's oldest banks since May 23 1878** + **BUEPP wallet pioneer** <sup>[1][1], [Argentina report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AR)</sup>.

## History

**May 23 1878 — Monte de Piedad de Buenos Aires founded** distinctive Argentine banking heritage.

**1904 — Renamed Banco Municipal de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires**.

**1996 — Renamed Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires post-autonomy of the City of Buenos Aires**.

**2014 — Banco Ciudad mobile banking app launch**.

**2019 — BUEPP digital wallet launch by Banco Ciudad as Argentine multi-bank wallet**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires** (Argentine commercial bank; Government of the City of Buenos Aires fully owned).

**Major shareholders**: **Government of the City of Buenos Aires (Argentine autonomous city government) fully owned**.

**Regulators**: **BCRA**.

## Technical integration

BUEPP mobile app (iOS + Android) + Banco Ciudad mobile app + bancociudad.com.ar online + Banco Ciudad branch network across City of Buenos Aires + Banco Ciudad Visa + Mastercard cards; AR CBU + AR CVU + Transferencias 3.0.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Argentine banking + payments competitors**: [Banco Nación (BNA+)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-nacion) (Banco Nación Argentina; Argentine federal government fully owned; Argentina's largest commercial bank by assets) + [Banco Provincia (BIP)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-provincia) (Banco Provincia; Province of Buenos Aires fully owned; Argentina's second-largest commercial bank by assets) + [BBVA Argentina](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bbva-argentina) (BBVA Argentina; BCBA: BBAR + NYSE: BBAR; BBVA Spain ~66.55% controlling) + [Banco Galicia (Argentina; App Galicia)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-galicia) (Banco Galicia; Grupo Financiero Galicia BCBA: GGAL holding parent; MODO co-founder) + [Banco Macro / Nueva App Macro](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-macro) (Banco Macro; Argentine commercial bank) + Santander Argentina (Santander Argentina; Banco Santander Spain subsidiary) + [Banco Supervielle](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-supervielle) (Banco Supervielle; BCBA: SUPV + NYSE: SUPV; Grupo Supervielle holding parent) + [MODO](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/modo) (MODO; Argentine multi-bank wallet) + [Mercado Pago](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mercado-pago) (Mercado Pago; Argentina's largest digital wallet by users; MercadoLibre group).

**Regulator**: BCRA.

## Status

**Active, Argentine commercial bank + Government of the City of Buenos Aires fully owned + one of Argentina's oldest banks since May 23 1878 + BUEPP wallet pioneer** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.bancociudad.com.ar/ "Banco Ciudad — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Ciudad_de_Buenos_Aires "Banco Ciudad — Wikipedia"
[ar-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AR

- [1] [Banco Ciudad — official][1]
- [2] [Banco Ciudad — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Argentina report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AR)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/AR-argentina.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [banco-ciudad.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/banco-ciudad). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.