# Banco Industrial (Guatemala)

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-industrial
> research date 2026-05-30 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Banco Industrial — official](https://www.bi.com.gt/)

## Overview

**Banco Industrial (Guatemala)** is **Guatemala's largest commercial bank by assets** + **~25% Guatemalan banking market share** + **Castillo family Guatemalan conglomerate** + **Central American operations GT+HN+SV+PA+CR** <sup>[1][1], [Guatemala report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/GT)</sup>.

## History

**1968 — Banco Industrial founded in Guatemala** distinctive Guatemalan banking heritage.

**2007 — Banco Industrial acquires Banco de Occidente Guatemala**.

**2014 — Banco Industrial Mobile Banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Banco Industrial S.A.** (Grupo Financiero Industrial BISA; Guatemala's largest commercial bank by assets; Castillo family Guatemalan conglomerate).

**Major shareholders**: **Castillo family Guatemalan conglomerate controlling via Grupo Financiero Industrial BISA + Guatemalan retail + institutional + foreign investors**.

**Regulators**: **SB Guatemala (Superintendencia de Bancos)**.

## Technical integration

Banco Industrial Mobile Banking app (iOS + Android) + bi.com.gt online + Banco Industrial branch network across Guatemala + Honduras + El Salvador + Panama + Costa Rica + Banco Industrial Visa + Mastercard cards; GT IBAN + CLEER GT (Guatemalan automated clearinghouse).

## Implementations & partners

**Major Guatemalan + Central American banking competitors**: Banco G&T Continental (Banco G&T Continental Guatemalan commercial bank; G&T Group; Guatemala's #2 commercial bank by assets) + [BAC Credomatic](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bac-credomatic) (BAC Credomatic Central America's largest banking group; Grupo Aval Colombian parent + 6-country footprint CR+SV+GT+HN+NI+PA) + Banco Promerica (Banco Promérica Central America; Promerica Financial Corporation parent) + Banrural (Banrural Banco de Desarrollo Rural Guatemalan state-owned rural development commercial bank) + [Davivienda + DaviPlata](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/davivienda) (Davivienda Colombia + Central America; Colombian commercial bank + Grupo Bolívar Colombian conglomerate).

**Regulator**: SB Guatemala.

## Status

**Active, Guatemala's largest commercial bank by assets + ~25% Guatemalan banking market share + Castillo family Guatemalan conglomerate + Central American operations GT+HN+SV+PA+CR** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.bi.com.gt/ "Banco Industrial — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Industrial_(Guatemala) "Banco Industrial Guatemala — Wikipedia"
[gt-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/GT

- [1] [Banco Industrial — official][1]
- [2] [Banco Industrial Guatemala — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Guatemala report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/GT)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/GT-guatemala.md`

## Source

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