BROU (Banco República Uruguay)

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Overview

BROU (Banco República Uruguay) is Uruguay's largest commercial bank by assets + Uruguay's largest state-owned bank + Uruguayan government Ministry of Economy and Finance fully owned + ~3M+ customers - majority of Uruguayan adult population + ~40% Uruguayan banking market share ^{1, Uruguay report}.

History

Aug 14 1896 — Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay BROU founded distinctive Uruguayan state banking heritage.

2014 — BROU Mobile Banking app launch distinctive Uruguayan mobile banking strategy.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU) (Uruguay's largest commercial bank by assets + Uruguay's largest state-owned bank; Uruguayan government fully owned).

Major shareholders: Uruguayan government Ministry of Economy and Finance fully owned + Uruguayan state banking heritage.

Regulators: BCU (Banco Central del Uruguay).

Technical integration

BROU Mobile Banking app (iOS + Android; ~3M+ customers) + brou.com.uy online + BROU branch network across Uruguay + BROU Visa + Mastercard cards; UY IBAN + BROU Mobile Pay (BROU-anchored mobile P2P payments).

Implementations & partners

Major Uruguayan banking + payments competitors: BBVA Uruguay (BBVA Uruguay; BBVA Spanish parent subsidiary) + Banco Itaú Uruguay (Itaú Uruguay; Itaú Unibanco Brazilian parent subsidiary) + Santander Uruguay (Santander Uruguay; Banco Santander Spanish parent subsidiary) + Scotiabank Uruguay (Scotiabank Uruguay; Bank of Nova Scotia Canadian parent subsidiary) + Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay (Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay BHU Uruguayan state-owned housing bank) + Paganza (Paganza Uruguayan bill payment fintech).

Regulator: BCU.

Status

Active, Uruguay's largest commercial bank by assets + Uruguay's largest state-owned bank + Uruguayan government Ministry of Economy and Finance fully owned + ~3M+ customers + ~40% Uruguayan banking market share ^{1, 2}.

Sources

1 BROU — official
2 Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay — Wikipedia
^{Uruguay report} In-corpus: reports/countries/UY-uruguay.md

Source

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