# Banco Itaú Uruguay

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

Specifications:
- [Itaú Uruguay — official](https://www.itau.com.uy/)

## Key details

- **Parent:** assets

## Overview

**Banco Itaú Uruguay** is **Itaú Unibanco Brazilian parent B3: ITUB4 + NYSE: ITUB Uruguayan subsidiary** + **Uruguayan commercial bank** + **one of Uruguay's largest private commercial banks by assets** <sup>[1][1], [Uruguay report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/UY)</sup>.

## History

**2008 — Itaú Unibanco Brazilian parent acquires Banco BankBoston Uruguay + rebrands as Itaú Uruguay** distinctive Uruguayan banking acquisition.

**2014 — Itaú Uruguay mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Banco Itaú Uruguay S.A.** (Uruguayan commercial bank; Itaú Unibanco Brazilian parent).

**Major shareholders**: **Itaú Unibanco (B3: ITUB4 + NYSE: ITUB; Brazil's largest commercial bank by assets + market capitalization) fully owned**.

**Regulators**: **BCU (Banco Central del Uruguay) + SSF Uruguay (Superintendencia de Servicios Financieros)**.

## Technical integration

Itaú Uruguay mobile app (iOS + Android) + itau.com.uy online + Itaú Uruguay branch network across Uruguay + Itaú Uruguay Visa + Mastercard cards; UY IBAN + BROU Pay (Uruguayan payment standard).

## Implementations & partners

**Itaú Unibanco parent**: [Itau Unibanco](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-itau) (Itaú Unibanco; B3: ITUB4 + NYSE: ITUB; Brazil's largest commercial bank by assets + market capitalization + ~70M+ Latin American customers + global operations 20+ countries).

**Major Uruguayan banking + payments competitors**: [BROU (Banco República Uruguay)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/brou-uruguay) (Banco República BROU Uruguay; Uruguayan federal commercial bank; Uruguay's largest commercial bank by assets) + [Santander Uruguay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-santander-uruguay) (Santander Uruguay; Banco Santander Spain Uruguayan subsidiary) + BBVA Uruguay (BBVA Uruguay; BBVA Spain Uruguayan subsidiary) + HSBC Uruguay (HSBC Uruguay; HSBC Holdings UK Uruguayan subsidiary) + Banco Bandes Uruguay (Banco Bandes Uruguay; Bancoex Venezuelan parent Uruguayan subsidiary) + Banco Heritage (Banco Heritage Uruguay; Uruguayan commercial bank) + Scotiabank Uruguay (Scotiabank Uruguay; Scotiabank Canadian parent subsidiary; closed 2024 + acquired by Banco Santander Uruguay).

**Regulators**: BCU + SSF Uruguay.

## Status

**Active, Itaú Unibanco Brazilian parent B3:ITUB4 + NYSE:ITUB Uruguayan subsidiary + Uruguayan commercial bank + one of Uruguay's largest private commercial banks by assets** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.itau.com.uy/ "Itaú Uruguay — official"
[2]: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Ita%C3%BA_Uruguay "Itaú Uruguay — Wikipedia"
[uy-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/UY

- [1] [Itaú Uruguay — official][1]
- [2] [Itaú Uruguay — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Uruguay report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/UY)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/UY-uruguay.md`

## Source

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