# Banco Provincia (BIP)

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

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

## Overview

**Banco Provincia (BIP)** is **Argentine commercial bank** + **Province of Buenos Aires Argentina fully owned** + **Argentina's second-largest commercial bank by assets after Banco Nación** + **oldest Argentine bank since 1822** <sup>[1][1], [Argentina report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AR)</sup>.

## History

**1822 — Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires founded by Bernardino Rivadavia as Argentina's first banking institution** distinctive Argentine banking heritage.

**2014 — Banco Provincia BIP Mobile app launch**.

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

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Banco Provincia** (Argentine commercial bank; Province of Buenos Aires fully owned).

**Major shareholders**: **Province of Buenos Aires Argentine provincial government fully owned**.

**Regulators**: **BCRA (Banco Central de la República Argentina)**.

## Technical integration

BIP Mobile app (iOS + Android) + bancoprovincia.com.ar online + Banco Provincia branch network across Buenos Aires province + Banco Provincia Visa + Mastercard cards; AR CBU + AR CVU + Transferencias 3.0 (Argentine interoperable instant payments + QR standard).

## 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) + [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 co-founded by major Argentine banks including BBVA Argentina + Banco Galicia + Banco Macro + Santander Argentina) + [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 + Province of Buenos Aires Argentina fully owned + Argentina's second-largest commercial bank by assets after Banco Nación + oldest Argentine bank since 1822** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.bancoprovincia.com.ar/ "Banco Provincia — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_de_la_Provincia_de_Buenos_Aires "Banco Provincia — Wikipedia"
[ar-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AR

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