# BBVA Argentina

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

Specifications:
- [BBVA Argentina — official](https://www.bbva.com.ar/)

## 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** <sup>[1][1], [Argentina report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AR)</sup>.

## 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](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bbva-spain) (BBVA Spain parent) + [BBVA Mexico](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bbva-mexico) + [BBVA Colombia / App BBVA Móvil](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bbva-colombia) + [BBVA Peru](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bbva-peru) + [BBVA Argentina](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bbva-argentina).

**MODO Argentine bank consortium**: [MODO](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/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)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-galicia) (Banco Galicia Argentine commercial bank) + [Banco Macro / Nueva App Macro](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-macro) (Banco Macro Argentine commercial bank) + Santander Argentina (Santander Argentina; Santander Spanish parent subsidiary) + [Banco Nación (BNA+)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-nacion) (Banco de la Nación Argentina state-owned commercial bank) + [Banco Provincia (BIP)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-provincia) (Banco Provincia Buenos Aires Province-owned commercial bank) + [Mercado Pago](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mercado-pago) (Mercado Pago; Argentine-Brazilian super app + payments processor; 56M+ MAU 2024) + [Ualá](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/uala) (Ualá Argentine neobank + super app; ~9M+ users + ~$2.45B valuation) + [Brubank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/brubank) (Brubank Argentine neobank) + [Naranja X](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/naranja-x) (Naranja X Argentine neobank; Galicia Group subsidiary) + [MODO](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/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** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.bbva.com.ar/ "BBVA Argentina — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBVA_Argentina "BBVA Argentina — Wikipedia"
[ar-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/AR

- [1] [BBVA Argentina — official][1]
- [2] [BBVA 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 [bbva-argentina.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/bbva-argentina). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.