# Banregio

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banregio
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-03
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Banregio — official](https://www.banregio.com/)

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1994

## Overview

**Banregio** is **Mexican commercial bank** + **BMV: RA** + **Rivero + Cantú families Mexican founding families + Mexican retail + institutional + foreign investors free float** + **one of Mexico's largest regional commercial banks specialising in SME banking** + **founded 1994 in Monterrey Nuevo León Mexico as Banco Regional de Monterrey** <sup>[1][1], [Mexico report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/MX)</sup>.

## History

**1994 — Banco Regional de Monterrey Banregio founded in Monterrey Nuevo León Mexico by Rivero + Cantú families as Northern Mexico regional SME commercial bank** distinctive Mexican banking heritage.

**2011 — Banregio Grupo Financiero IPO on Bolsa Mexicana de Valores BMV: RA**.

**2016 — Banregio Hey Banco digital-first commercial banking launch**.

**2014 — Banregio Mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Banco Regional SA dba Banregio** (Mexican commercial bank; BMV: RA).

**Major shareholders**: **Rivero + Cantú families (Mexican founding families) + Mexican retail + institutional + foreign investors free float**.

**Regulators**: **Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores CNBV + Banco de México Banxico**.

## Technical integration

Banregio Mobile app (iOS + Android) + banregio.com online + Banregio branch network across Mexico (Northern Mexico SME banking specialty) + Banregio Visa + Mastercard cards; CoDi (Mexican national QR payment scheme; Banco de México Banxico operator) + SPEI (Mexican interbank instant payments; Banco de México Banxico operator) + Mexican Peso MXN domestic transfers.

## Implementations & partners

**Banregio digital-first subsidiary**: [Hey Banco](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/hey-banco) (Hey Banco; Mexican digital-first commercial bank; Banregio parent).

**Major Mexican banking + payments competitors**: [BBVA Mexico](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bbva-mexico) (BBVA Mexico; Mexico's largest commercial bank by assets) + [Banorte Móvil + Banorte Link + bineo](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banorte) (Banorte; BMV: GFNORTEO; Mexico's largest Mexican-owned commercial bank) + [Banamex (Citibanamex)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/citibanamex) (Citibanamex; Mexican commercial bank) + [Banco Santander Mexico (Santander Móvil + SuperMóvil + Openbank Mexico)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/santander-mexico) (Santander Mexico; BMV: BSMX) + [Banco Azteca](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-azteca) (Banco Azteca; Mexican commercial bank) + [CoDi](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/codi) (CoDi Mexican national QR payment scheme) + [SPEI](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/spei) (SPEI Mexican interbank instant payments).

**Regulators**: Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores CNBV + Banco de México Banxico.

## Status

**Active, Mexican commercial bank + BMV:RA + Rivero + Cantú families Mexican founding families + Mexican retail + institutional + foreign investors free float + one of Mexico's largest regional commercial banks specialising in SME banking + founded 1994 in Monterrey Nuevo León Mexico as Banco Regional de Monterrey** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.banregio.com/ "Banregio — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banregio "Banregio — Wikipedia"
[mx-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/MX

- [1] [Banregio — official][1]
- [2] [Banregio — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Mexico report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/MX)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/MX-mexico.md`

## Source

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