Society and history

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena

Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, also known as Banca MPS, is an Italian bank founded in Siena in 1472, described as the world's oldest bank.

Banca Popolare di Sondrio

Banca Popolare di Sondrio is an Italian bank founded in Sondrio, Lombardy, in 1871 as one of the first popular cooperative banks, acquired by BPER Banca in 2025.

Banca Transilvania is a Romanian commercial bank headquartered in Cluj-Napoca, founded in 1993 by Romanian entrepreneurs and listed in Bucharest; it holds the largest share of Romanian banking assets, 21.98% in 2025.

Bancha Ongkosit

Bancha Ongkosit (บัญชา องค์โฆษิต), born 1951, is a Thai businessman, a former advertising executive who founded KCE Electronics in 1982, a Bangkok maker of printed circuit boards for cars.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, also known as Grupo BBVA, is a Spanish multinational bank created by the 1988 merger of Banco de Bilbao and Banco de Vizcaya.

Banco BPM

Banco BPM is an Italian commercial bank headquartered in Milan, formed on 1 January 2017 from the merger of Banco Popolare and Banca Popolare di Milano, and one of Italy's largest banking groups.

Banco Comercial Portugues

Banco Comercial Português, also known as Millennium bcp, is Portugal's largest private-sector bank, the only one listed in Lisbon, which rebranded all its operations by 2006.

Banco Davivienda

Banco Davivienda is a Colombian commercial bank, the country's second largest by assets, operating in Colombia, Central America, Panama, and Miami under Grupo Bolívar, with about 26 million customers.

Banco de Oro

Banco de Oro, also known as BDO Unibank, is a Philippine universal bank owned by the SM Group since 1976 and the country's largest bank by assets, loans, and deposits.

Banco de Portugal

Banco de Portugal is the central bank of Portugal, headquartered in Lisbon. Founded in 1846, it issues banknotes, supervises banks, and has been a Eurosystem member since 1998.

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Banco de Rescate de Potosí

The Banco de Rescate de Potosí was a state-sanctioned bank at Potosí, Bolivia, that bought raw silver from miners and delivered it to the mint.

Banco di San Giorgio

Banco di San Giorgio was a Genoese public bank founded in 1407, considered the first bank of deposit and credit in Europe, operating until 1805.

Banco do Brasil

Banco do Brasil, also known as Bank of Brazil, is Brazil's oldest active bank, founded in 1808, majority controlled by the federal government and Brazil's largest agricultural lender.

Banco Garantia

Banco Garantia was a Brazilian investment bank in Rio de Janeiro, founded by Jorge Paulo Lemann in 1971, that dominated Brazilian markets until its 1998 sale to Credit Suisse.

Banco Macro

Banco Macro is an Argentine commercial bank built by the Brito and Carballo families from the mid-1980s into one of the country's largest private banks.

Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social

The Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) is Brazil's federal public development bank, the principal instrument of the government's investment policy for economic and social development.

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, founded in 1893, is Puerto Rico's largest bank, with about $59.8 billion in assets and branches in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Banco Safra

Banco Safra is a Brazilian commercial and private bank headquartered in São Paulo, created in 1972 by brothers Joseph, Moise, and Edmond Safra and controlled by the Safra family.

Banco Santander

Banco Santander, also known as Grupo Santander, is a Spanish commercial bank founded in 1857, with a major presence in Spain, the United Kingdom, Brazil, and the United States.

Bancolombia

Bancolombia is a Colombian commercial bank, the largest in the country with 22.32% of banking-sector assets in December 2024, formed on April 3, 1998, when Banco Industrial Colombiano merged with Bank of Colombia.

Bancroft Davis

Bancroft Davis (John Chandler Bancroft Davis, 1822–1907) was an American diplomat, Court of Claims judge, and ninth Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions (1883–1902), editing United States Reports volumes 108–186 and serving in the Alabama claims arbitration.