# Banco Credicoop

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-credicoop
> research date 2026-05-31 · extracted at 2026-10-03
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Banco Credicoop — official](https://www.bancocredicoop.coop/)

## Overview

**Banco Credicoop** is **Argentine cooperative commercial bank** + **Argentina's largest cooperative bank** + **member-owned cooperative** + **~1M+ Argentine cooperative members** <sup>[1][1], [Argentina report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AR)</sup>.

## History

**Mar 1979 — Banco Credicoop Cooperativo Limitado founded via merger of 44 Argentine credit cooperatives** distinctive Argentine cooperative banking heritage.

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

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Banco Credicoop Cooperativo Limitado** (Argentine cooperative commercial bank; member-owned).

**Major shareholders**: **Member-owned cooperative (no shareholders; ~1M+ Argentine cooperative members)**.

**Regulators**: **BCRA + INAES (Instituto Nacional de Asociativismo y Economía Social)**.

## Technical integration

Banco Credicoop mobile app (iOS + Android) + bancocredicoop.coop online + Banco Credicoop branch network across Argentina + Banco Credicoop 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) + [Banco Ciudad de Buenos Aires](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-ciudad) (Banco Ciudad de Buenos Aires; Government of the City of Buenos Aires fully owned; BUEPP wallet pioneer) + [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 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).

**Regulators**: BCRA + INAES.

## Status

**Active, Argentine cooperative commercial bank + Argentina's largest cooperative bank + member-owned cooperative + ~1M+ Argentine cooperative members** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.bancocredicoop.coop/ "Banco Credicoop — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Credicoop "Banco Credicoop — Wikipedia"
[ar-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AR

- [1] [Banco Credicoop — official][1]
- [2] [Banco Credicoop — 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-credicoop.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/banco-credicoop). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.