# Banco Nacional de Bolivia

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

Specifications:
- [BNB — official](https://www.bnb.com.bo/)

## Overview

**Banco Nacional de Bolivia** is **Bolivian commercial bank** + **one of Bolivia's largest commercial banks by assets** + **Bolivia's oldest commercial bank still in operation since Sep 1 1872** <sup>[1][1], [Bolivia, Plurinational State of report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/BO)</sup>.

## History

**Sep 1 1872 — Banco Nacional de Bolivia founded in Sucre Bolivia** distinctive Bolivian banking heritage as Bolivia's oldest commercial bank still in operation.

**2014 — BNB App mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Banco Nacional de Bolivia BNB** (Bolivian commercial bank).

**Major shareholders**: **Bolivian retail + institutional + foreign investors free float (no major controlling shareholder)**.

**Regulators**: **ASFI Bolivia + BCB**.

## Technical integration

BNB App mobile (iOS + Android) + bnb.com.bo online + BNB branch network across Bolivia + BNB Visa + Mastercard cards; BO IBAN + ATC.

## Implementations & partners

**Major Bolivian banking + payments competitors**: [Banco BISA Bolivia](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bisa) (Banco BISA Bolivia; Bolivian commercial bank; Grupo Financiero BISA + Asbun + Stechauner Bolivian founding families controlling) + [Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-mercantil-santa-cruz) (Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz; Bolivian commercial bank; one of Bolivia's largest commercial banks by assets) + [BancoSol (Bolivia)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bancosol) (BancoSol Bolivian microfinance commercial bank; world's first regulated for-profit microfinance bank) + Banco Económico (Banco Económico Bolivian commercial bank) + Banco FIE (Banco FIE Bolivian commercial bank from microfinance roots) + Banco Fortaleza (Banco Fortaleza Bolivian commercial bank) + Banco PRODEM (Banco PRODEM Bolivian microfinance commercial bank) + Banco Unión (Banco Unión Bolivian state-owned commercial bank).

**Regulators**: ASFI Bolivia + BCB.

## Status

**Active, Bolivian commercial bank + one of Bolivia's largest commercial banks by assets + Bolivia's oldest commercial bank still in operation since Sep 1 1872** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.bnb.com.bo/ "BNB — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Nacional_de_Bolivia "BNB Bolivia — Wikipedia"
[bo-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/BO

- [1] [BNB — official][1]
- [2] [BNB Bolivia — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Bolivia, Plurinational State of report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/BO)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/BO-bolivia.md`

## Source

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