Wallets/bbva-argentina
BBVA Argentina
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Overview
BBVA Argentina is BBVA Spain ~66.55% controlling + one of Argentina's largest private commercial banks + BCBA: BBAR + NYSE: BBAR + ~3.5M+ customers + MODO co-founder with Argentine bank consortium 1, Argentina report.
History
Oct 14 1886 — Banco Francés del Río de la Plata founded in Buenos Aires distinctive Argentine banking heritage (one of Argentina's oldest commercial banks).
1996 — BBVA Spain Banco Francés majority acquisition + Banco Francés rebranded to BBVA Banco Francés.
2014 — BBVA Argentina Mobile Banking app launch.
2020 — MODO Argentine bank consortium A2A mobile payment app launch by BBVA + Banco Galicia + Santander + Banco Macro + others.
Ownership & operator
Operating entity: BBVA Banco Francés S.A. (BCBA: BBAR; NYSE: BBAR; BBVA Spain ~66.55% controlling).
Major shareholders: BBVA Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA Spain; BME: BBVA; NYSE: BBVA) ~66.55% controlling + Argentine retail + institutional + foreign investors.
Regulators: BCRA (Banco Central de la República Argentina) + CNV.
Technical integration
BBVA Argentina mobile app (iOS + Android; ~3.5M+ customers) + bbva.com.ar online + BBVA Argentina branch network across Argentina + BBVA Visa + Mastercard cards; AR IBAN + AR DEBIN (Argentine Direct Debit) + MODO (Argentine bank consortium A2A mobile payment app).
Implementations & partners
BBVA Group: BBVA Spain App (BBVA Spain parent) + BBVA Mexico + BBVA Colombia / App BBVA Móvil + BBVA Peru + BBVA Argentina.
MODO Argentine bank consortium: MODO (MODO Argentine bank consortium A2A mobile payment app; ~7M+ users; BBVA + Banco Galicia + Santander + Banco Macro + Banco Nación + Banco Patagonia + 30+ Argentine banks).
Major Argentine banking + payments competitors: Banco Galicia (Argentina; App Galicia) (Banco Galicia Argentine commercial bank) + Banco Macro / Nueva App Macro (Banco Macro Argentine commercial bank) + Santander Argentina (Santander Argentina; Santander Spanish parent subsidiary) + Banco Nación (BNA+) (Banco de la Nación Argentina state-owned commercial bank) + Banco Provincia (BIP) (Banco Provincia Buenos Aires Province-owned commercial bank) + Mercado Pago (Mercado Pago; Argentine-Brazilian super app + payments processor; 56M+ MAU 2024) + Ualá (Ualá Argentine neobank + super app; ~9M+ users + ~$2.45B valuation) + Brubank (Brubank Argentine neobank) + Naranja X (Naranja X Argentine neobank; Galicia Group subsidiary) + MODO (MODO Argentine bank consortium A2A mobile payments).
Regulators: BCRA + CNV.
Status
Active, BBVA Spain ~66.55% controlling + one of Argentina's largest private commercial banks + BCBA:BBAR + NYSE:BBAR + ~3.5M+ customers + MODO co-founder 1, 2.
Sources
- 1 BBVA Argentina — official
- 2 BBVA Argentina — Wikipedia
- Argentina report In-corpus:
reports/countries/AR-argentina.md
Source
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