# Banco BISA Bolivia

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

Specifications:
- [BISA — official](https://www.grupobisa.com/)

## Key details

- **Launch:** 1963

## Overview

**Banco BISA Bolivia** is **Bolivian commercial bank** + **one of Bolivia's largest commercial banks by assets** + **Grupo Financiero BISA Bolivian financial group** + **Asbun + Stechauner Bolivian founding families controlling** <sup>[1][1], [Bolivia, Plurinational State of report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/BO)</sup>.

## History

**1963 — Banco Industrial S.A. founded in La Paz Bolivia** distinctive Bolivian banking heritage.

**1990s — Banco Industrial S.A. renamed Banco BISA**.

**2014 — BISA Móvil mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Banco BISA S.A.** (Bolivian commercial bank; Grupo Financiero BISA holding parent).

**Major shareholders**: **Grupo Financiero BISA (Bolivian financial group; Asbun + Stechauner Bolivian founding families controlling) + Bolivian retail + institutional investors**.

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

## Technical integration

BISA Móvil mobile app (iOS + Android) + grupobisa.com online + Banco BISA branch network across Bolivia + Banco BISA Visa + Mastercard cards; BO IBAN + ATC (Administradora de Tarjetas de Crédito; Bolivian interbank network).

## Implementations & partners

**Major Bolivian banking + payments competitors**: [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) + [Banco Nacional de Bolivia](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/banco-nacional-bolivia) (Banco Nacional de Bolivia; Bolivia's oldest commercial bank since 1872) + [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 + Grupo Financiero BISA Bolivian financial group + Asbun + Stechauner Bolivian founding families controlling** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.grupobisa.com/ "BISA — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_BISA "Banco BISA — Wikipedia"
[bo-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/BO

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