# Banco Nación (BNA+)

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

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

## Key details

- **Parent:** assets

## Overview

**Banco Nación (BNA+)** is **Argentine commercial bank** + **Argentine federal government fully owned** + **Argentina's largest commercial bank by assets** + **branch network ~620+ branches nationwide** + **New York + Madrid + Sao Paulo + Asunción + Santiago + La Paz + Panama + Montevideo international branches** <sup>[1][1], [Argentina report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AR)</sup>.

## History

**1891 — Banco de la Nación Argentina founded by President Carlos Pellegrini as Argentine federal state-owned bank** distinctive Argentine banking heritage.

**2015 — BNA+ mobile banking app launch**.

**2020 — Banco Nación Transferencias 3.0 + interoperable QR support**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Banco de la Nación Argentina BNA** (Argentine commercial bank; Argentine federal government fully owned).

**Major shareholders**: **Argentine federal government fully owned (Ministry of Economy oversight)**.

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

## Technical integration

BNA+ mobile app (iOS + Android) + bna.com.ar online + Banco Nación branch network across Argentina ~620+ branches + New York + Madrid + Sao Paulo + Asunción + Santiago + La Paz + Panama + Montevideo international branches + Banco Nación Visa + Mastercard cards; AR CBU + AR CVU + Transferencias 3.0 (Argentine interoperable instant payments + QR standard).

## Implementations & partners

**Major Argentine banking + payments competitors**: [Banco Provincia (BIP)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-provincia) (Banco Provincia; Province of Buenos Aires Argentina fully owned; Argentina's second-largest commercial bank by assets + oldest Argentine bank since 1822) + [BBVA Argentina](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bbva-argentina) (BBVA Argentina; BCBA:BBAR + NYSE:BBAR; BBVA Spain ~66.55% controlling; ~3.5M+ customers; MODO co-founder) + [Banco Galicia (Argentina; App Galicia)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-galicia) (Banco Galicia; Argentine commercial bank) + Santander Argentina (Santander Argentina; Banco Santander Spain subsidiary) + [Banco Macro / Nueva App Macro](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-macro) (Banco Macro; Argentine commercial bank) + [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 + Argentine federal government fully owned + Argentina's largest commercial bank by assets + branch network ~620+ branches nationwide** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.bna.com.ar/ "Banco Nación — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_de_la_Naci%C3%B3n_Argentina "Banco de la Nación Argentina — Wikipedia"
[ar-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AR

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