List of banks in the Americas

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This is a list of the banks in the Americas.

Argentina

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Argentina

Government-owned banks

Commercial banks

  • Grupo Financiero Galicia
  • Banco Santander Argentina
  • Banco Macro
  • BBVA Argentina
  • Banco Credicoop
  • Citibank Argentina
  • Banco Hipotecario
  • New Bank of Santa Fe
  • Municipal Bank of Rosario

Bahamas

Central bank

Government-owned banks

  • Bank of The Bahamas International
  • Commonwealth Bank of Bahamas

Commercial banks

  • Citibank
  • Fidelity Bank
  • Finance Corporation of The Bahamas
  • CIBC Caribbean
  • Royal Bank of Canada
  • Scotiabank

Barbados

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Barbados

Commercial banks

  • CIBC Caribbean
  • First Citizens
    • RBTT Bank Barbados limited; subsidiary of RBTT Financial Holdings Limited (RBTT)
  • RBC Financial Caribbean; branch of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
  • Scotiabank

Development banks

  • Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)

Belize

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Belize

Development bank

  • National Bank of Belize Limited

Major privately owned banks

  • Belize Bank Ltd.
  • Heritage Bank Limited
  • Atlantic Bank Limited

Bermuda

  • The Bank of N. T. Butterfield & Son Limited
  • HSBC Bank of Bermuda Limited
  • Bermuda Commercial Bank Limited
  • Clarien Bank

Bolivia

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Bolivia

Law-recognized state banks

  • Banco Unión

Second-floor banks

  • Banco de Desarrollo Productivo

Multiple banks

  • Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz
  • Banco Nacional de Bolivia
  • Banco BISA
  • Banco de Crédito BCP
  • Banco FIE (es)
  • BancoSol (es)
  • Banco Ganadero (es)
  • Banco Económico
  • Banco Prodem
  • Banco Fortaleza

Small and Medium Enterprise-focused Banks

  • Banco PyME Ecofuturo
  • Bancomunidad

Foreign banks

  • Banco de la Nación Argentina

Defunct banks

  • Banco Agrícola de Bolivia
  • Banco Boliviano Americano
  • Banco de Credito Oruro
  • Banco de Cochabamba
  • Banco de Financiamiento Industrial
  • Banco de La Paz
  • Banco de la Vivienda
  • Banco de Potosí
  • Banco de San Carlos
  • Banco del Progreso
  • Banco Fassil (es)
  • Banco Intenacional de Desarrollo
  • Banco Minero de Bolivia
  • Banco PyME Los Andes ProCredit
  • Banco Santa Cruz
  • Banco Sur
  • BHN Multibanco
  • Citibank

Brazil

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Brazil

Development banks

  • National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) (Federal Government-owned)
  • Espírito Santo Development Bank (BANDES) (State of Espírito Santo-owned)
  • Minas Gerais Development Bank (BDMG) (State of Minas Gerais-owned)
  • Far South Regional Development Bank (BRDE) (States of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul-owned)

Major commercial banks

Government-owned banks

  • Banco do Brasil (Federal Government as main shareholder)
  • Caixa Econômica Federal (Federal Government-owned)

Private-owned banks

  • Itaú Unibanco
  • Banco Bradesco
  • Banco Santander Brasil; (owned by Spanish Banco Santander)

Other commercial banks

Government-owned banks

  • Banco da Amazônia (pt) (Federal Government as main shareholder)
  • Banco de Brasília (BRB) (Federal District-owned)
  • Banco do Estado do Espírito Santo (Banestes) (State of Espírito Santo-owned)
  • Banco do Estado do Pará (Banpará) (State of Pará-owned)
  • Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Banrisul) (State of Rio Grande do Sul-owned)
  • Banco do Estado do Sergipe (pt) (Banese) (State of Sergipe-owned)
  • Banco do Nordeste (Federal Government as main shareholder)

Private-owned banks

  • Banco BBM (pt) (China's Bank of Communications as main shareholder)
  • Banco BMG
  • Banco Daycoval S.A.
  • Banco BV (pt) (co-owned by Votorantim Group and Banco do Brasil)
  • Banco Fibra (pt)
  • Banco Industrial do Brasil (pt)
  • Banco Mercantil do Brasil (pt)
  • Banco PAN (pt) (formerly Banco Panamericano, now owned by BTG Pactual)
  • Paraná Banco (pt)
  • Banco Paulista (pt)
  • Banco Safra
  • Banco Sofisa (pt)

Online banks

  • Agibank (pt)
  • Banco Bari
  • Banco BS2 (pt)
  • C6 Bank (pt)
  • Banco Digimais (pt)
  • Banco Digio (pt)
  • Banco Inter (pt)
  • Nubank
  • Banco Original (Pic Pay) (pt)

Cooperative banks

  • Sistema de Cooperativas de Crédito do Brasil (pt) (Bancoob)
  • Sistema de Cooperativas de Crédito Ailos
  • Sistema de Cooperativas de Crédito do Brasil (pt) (Sicoob)
  • Sistema de Crédito Cooperativo (pt) (Sicred)
  • Unicred (pt)
  • Cresol

Investment banks

  • Banco BTG Pactual (private)
  • Banco Clássico (pt) (private)
  • Banco Modal (pt) (private)

Merged or defunct banks

  • Banco Alfa; acquired by Banco Safra
  • Banco Bamerindus; acquired by HSBC Bank (Brazil), now Banco Bradesco
  • Banco Bandeirantes; acquired by Caixa Geral de Depósitos, later merged with Unibanco, now Banco Itaú
  • BankBoston Brasil; Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Itaú
  • Banorte; acquired by Banco Bandeirantes, later merged with Unibanco, now Banco Itaú
  • BBVA Brasil; Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Bradesco
  • Banco Boavista; acquired by Banco Bradesco
  • Citibank Brasil; Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Itaú
  • Banco Credireal; acquired by BCN, now Banco Bradesco
  • Banco de Crédito Nacional (BCN); acquired by Banco Bradesco
  • Banco Econômico; merged with Banco Excel, later acquired by BBVA Brasil, now Banco Bradesco
  • Banco do Estado do Amazonas (BEA); acquired by Banco Bradesco
  • Banco do Estado da Bahia (Baneb); acquired by Banco Bradesco
  • Banco do Estado do Ceará (BEC); acquired by Banco Bradesco
  • Banco do Estado de Goiás (BEG); acquired by Banco Itaú
  • Banco do Estado do Maranhão (BEM); acquired by Banco Bradesco
  • Banco do Estado de Minas Gerais (Bemge); acquired by Banco Itaú
  • Banco do Estado da Paraíba (Paraiban); acquired by Banco Real, now Santander Brasil
  • Banco do Estado do Paraná (Banestado); acquired by Banco Itaú
  • Banco do Estado de Pernambuco (Bandepe); acquired by Banco Real, now Santander Brasil
  • Banco do Estado do Piauí (BEP); acquired by Banco do Brasil
  • Banco do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Banerj); acquired by Banco Itaú
  • Banco do Estado de Santa Catarina (BESC); acquired by Banco do Brasil
  • Banco do Estado de São Paulo (Banespa); acquired by Santander Brasil
  • HSBC Bank (Brazil); Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Bradesco
  • Banco Mercantil Finasa; acquired by Banco Bradesco
  • Banco Meridional; acquired by Banco Bozano Simonsen, later merged with Santander Brasil
  • Banco Nacional; acquired by Unibanco, now Banco Itaú
  • Banco Noroeste; acquired by Santander Brasil
  • Banco Nossa Caixa; acquired by Banco do Brasil
  • Banco Real; formerly owned by ABN AMRO, later merged with Santander Brasil
  • Banco Sudameris; acquired by Banco Real, now Santander Brasil
  • Unibanco; merged with Banco Itaú

Canada

Chile

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Chile

Government-owned banks

  • Banco del Estado de Chile

Commercial banks

  • Banco de Crédito e Inversiones
  • Banco de Chile
    • Banco Edwards Citi (es)
  • Banco Consorcio (es)
  • Banco BICE
  • Banco Security (es)
  • Banco Falabella
  • Banco Internacional (Chile) (es)
  • Banco Ripley

Foreign-owned

  • Banco Santander (Chile) (es) (owned by Banco Santander)
  • Itaú (Chile) (56,6% owned by Itaú Unibanco)
  • Scotiabank (Chile) (es) (owned by Scotiabank)

Neobanks

  • Tenpo

Enterprise banks

  • Citibank Chile

Foreign banks with representation

  • Banco de la Nación Argentina
  • Banco do Brasil
  • DnB NOR Bank ASA
  • JP Morgan Chase Bank
  • The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

Merged or defunct banks

Commercial banks

  • Banco de A. Edwards; merged with Banco de Chile.
  • BBVA (Chile) (es); merged with Scotiabank Chile.
  • Banco Desarrollo de Scotiabank (es); merged with Scotiabank Chile.
  • Banco de Santiago (es); merged with Banco Santander, some assets sold to Paris.
  • Banco Sud Americano; bought by Scotiabank Chile.
  • Banco Paris; closed in 2016.
  • Banco Penta; assets sold to Banco de Chile.
  • BankBoston; Chilean operations bought by Banco Itaú.
  • Corpbanca; merged with Banco Itaú Chile.
  • HSBC Bank Chile; operations merged with Banco de Chile.
  • Rabobank; dissolved in 2017, banking assets sold to Banco BICE.

Enterprise banks

  • Deutsche Bank; left the Chilean market in 2016.

Colombia

Central bank

  • Banco de la República

Second floor

  • Bancóldex

Commercial banks

  • Bancolombia
  • Davivienda
  • Nubank
  • Banco de Bogotá
  • BBVA Colombia
  • Banco de Occidente Credencial
  • GNB Sudameris (es)
  • Colpatria (es)
  • Itaú Colombia
  • Banco Popular (Colombia) (es)
  • Banco Caja Social (es)
  • Banco AV Villas
  • Bancoomeva (es)
  • Banco Finandina (es)
  • Banco Mundo Mujer (es)
  • Banco Pichincha
  • Banco W
  • Bancamía

Government-owned banks

  • Banco Agrario de Colombia (es)

Defunct banks

  • Granahorrar Bank
  • Citibank assets sold to Scotiabank.

Costa Rica

Central bank

Government-owned banks

  • Banco de Costa Rica
  • Banco Nacional de Costa Rica
  • Banco Popular (Costa Rica) (es)

Commercial banks

  • BAC Credomatic
  • Banco BCT
  • Banco Cathay de Costa Rica
  • Banco CMB
  • Davivienda
  • Banco General (Panamá) (es)
  • Banco Improsa
  • Banco Lafise
  • Prival Bank
  • Grupo Promerica (es)
  • Scotiabank

Defunct banks

  • Banco Crédito Agrícola de Cartago (es) merged to Banco de Costa Rica

Cuba

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Cuba

Commercial banks

  • Banco de Crédito y Comercio
  • Banco de Inversiones
  • Banco Exterior de Cuba
  • Banco Financiero Internacional
  • Banco Industrial de Venezuela-Cuba
  • Banco Internacional de Comercio
  • Banco Metropolitano
  • Banco Nacional de Cuba
  • Banco Popular de Ahorro (es)

Dominica

Commercial banks

  • National Bank of Dominica (NBD)

Branches of foreign banks

  • Republic Bank

Foreign-owned banks

  • CIBC Caribbean

Offshore banks

  • Griffon Bank

Dominican Republic

Central bank

Government-owned banks

  • BanReservas (es)

Major banks

  • Banco Popular
  • Banco BHD (es)
  • Scotiabank
  • Grupo Promerica (es)
  • Banesco

Ecuador

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Ecuador

Government-owned banks

  • Banco de Desarrollo del Ecuador (es)
  • BanEcuador
  • Banco Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (es)

Major banks

  • Banco Pichincha
  • Produbanco
  • Banco de Guayaquil (es)
  • Banco del Pacífico
  • Banco Bolivariano (es)
  • Banco Internacional (es)
  • Banco del Austro (es)
  • Banco de Machala (es)

El Salvador

Central bank

  • Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador

Major banks

  • Banco Agricola
  • Banco Azul (es)
  • Banco Davivienda El Salvador
  • Banco Cuscatlán (es)
  • Banco Hipotecario de El Salvador (es)

Grenada

Commercial banks

  • Grenada Co-operative Bank (only locally owned bank)

Branches of foreign banks

  • Scotiabank
  • RBTT Bank Grenada Limited
  • Republic Bank(Grenada) Limited

Foreign-owned banks

  • CIBC Caribbean

Guatemala

Central bank

  • Bank of Guatemala

Commercial banks

  • Banco Industrial Guatemala (es)
  • Banrural (es)
  • Banco G&T Continental (es)
  • Banco Agromercantil (es)
  • BANTRAB

Guyana

Central Bank

  • Bank of Guyana

Commercial banks

  • Republic Bank (Guyana) (Subsidiary of Republic Bank)
  • Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry Ltd. (GBTI)
  • Demerara Bank Ltd.
  • Citizen's Bank Guyana Inc.

Foreign-owned banks

  • Bank of Baroda

Honduras

Central bank

  • Banco Central de Honduras

Government-owned banks

  • Banadesa (es)

Banks

  • Banco Atlántida (es)
  • Banco Ficohsa (es)
  • Banco de Occidente
  • BAC Credomatic
  • Grupo Promerica (es)
  • Banco de Los Trabajadores

Foreign Banks

  • Banco Azteca
  • Davivienda

Jamaica

Central bank

  • The Bank of Jamaica

Commercial banks

Locally owned banks

  • First Global Bank (Parent -Grace Kennedy)
  • National Commercial Bank (NCB)
  • Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB)
  • Sagicor Bank

Subsidiary/branch of foreign entity

  • The Bank of Nova Scotia (Parent - Scotia Bank)
  • Citibank Jamaica (Parent - Citibank)
  • CIBC Caribbean (Parent - CIBC)
  • National Commercial of Jamaica (Parent -Portland Holdings)

Merchant banks

Locally owned banks

  • Cornerstone Trust & Merchant Bank

Subsidiary/branch of foreign entity

  • Scotia Investments (Parent -The Bank of Nova Scotia)

Mexico

Nicaragua

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Nicaragua

Commercial banks

  • BAC Credomatic
  • Grupo Promerica (es)
  • Banco LAFISE

Panama

Government-owned banks

  • Banco Nacional de Panama
  • Caja de Ahorros de Panamá
  • Banco de Desarrollo Agropecuario

Commercial local banks

  • Banco General (Panamá) (es)
  • Banistmo
  • Banesco
  • Global Bank
  • Multibank
  • Metrobank
  • Banco Universal
  • Banco Aliado
  • Credicorp Bank

Foreign-owned banks

  • Citibank (subsidiary of Citigroup which merged with Banco Uno and Banco Cuscatlan)
  • Banco Atlantico Panama (subsidiary of Banco Santander)
  • Scotiabank

Paraguay

Central bank

  • Banco Central del Paraguay

Commercial banks

  • Sudameris
  • Banco Itaú (Paraguay) (es)
  • Banco Continental (Paraguay) (es)
  • Banco GNB (Paraguay) (es)
  • Banco Atlas-Familiar (es)
  • Banco Nacional de Fomento (es)
  • Banco BASA
  • Banco Río
  • Interfisa Banco
  • Citibank
  • Banco do Brasil
  • Banco de la Nación Argentina
  • Crédito Agrícola de Habilitación

Defunct banks

  • Banco Regional
  • Visión Banco

Peru

Central bank

  • Banco Central de Reserva del Perú

Government-owned banks

  • Bank of the Nation (Peru)

Commercial banks

  • Banco de Crédito del Perú
  • BBVA Perú
  • Interbank
  • Scotiabank
  • BanBif (es)
  • Mibanco
  • Grupo Santander
  • Citibank
  • Banco Falabella
  • Banco de Comercio
  • Banco Azteca
  • Caja Trujillo
  • Standard Chartered
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Banco Interamericano de Finanzas
  • Banco Financiero
  • Banco Ripley
  • Banco del Trabajo

Development banks

  • Banco de Materiales
  • Agrobanco

Defunct banks

  • Banco Sudamericano
    Sold to and rebranded as Scotiabank in 2006
  • Banco Santander
    Operations in Peru acquired by Banco de Credito del Peru (Santander returns to Peru in 2007)
  • BankBoston
    Peruvian operations acquired by Banco de Credito del Peru
  • Banco de Lima Sudameris
    Merged with Banco Wiese and rebranded as Banco Wiese Sudameris
  • NBK Bank
  • Banco del Pais
  • Banco Republica
  • Bancosur
    Merged with Banco Santander and rebranded as Banco Santander Central Hispano
  • Banco Solventa
  • Serbanco
  • Banco Latino
    Operations acquired by Interbank
  • Banco Interandino
    Acquired by Banco Santander
  • Banco Mercantil
    Acquired by Banco Santander
  • Banco del Progreso
  • Banco de Desarrollo
  • Banco Popular del Peru
  • Banco CCC
  • Surmeban top Gen
  • Banpeco
  • Bancoop
  • Banco Agrario
  • Banco Hipotecario
  • Banco Industrial del Peru
  • Banco Minero
  • Banco Comercial del Peru

Saint Lucia

Commercial banks

  • 1st National Bank of St Lucia
  • Bank of Saint Lucia

Branches of foreign banks

  • Republic Bank
  • Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

Foreign-owned banks

  • CIBC Caribbean

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Central bank

  • Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Commercial banks

Source:

  • Bank of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  • CIBC Caribbean
  • First St. Vincent Bank
  • 1st National Bank
  • Republic Bank
  • St. Vincent Co-operative Bank

Offshore banks

  • Loyal Bank Limited
  • United Bank Limited
  • European Commerce Bank
  • Safe Harbor Bank Ltd.
  • Trend Bank Ltd.
  • Millennium Bank Inc.

Suriname

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Suriname

Commercial banks

  • De Surinaamsche Bank
  • Hakrinbank
  • Surinaamse Volkscredietbank
  • Surinaamse Postspaarbank
  • Landbouwbank
  • Surichangebank
  • Finabank
  • Cooperatieve spaar- en kredietbank Godo

Foreign-owned banks

Trinidad and Tobago

Central Bank

Other Banks

  • Bank of Baroda Trinidad and Tobago Limited
  • Citicorp Merchant Bank Ltd
  • First Citizens Bank (Trinidad and Tobago)
  • Intercommercial Bank Limited
  • Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (RBTT)
  • Republic Bank
  • Scotiabank Trinidad and Tobago Limited

United States

Uruguay

Central Bank

  • Banco Central del Uruguay

State-owned

  • Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay
  • Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay

Private

  • Banco Santander (Uruguay) (es)
  • Banco Itaú (Uruguay) (es)
  • BBVA (Uruguay) (es)
  • Scotiabank (Uruguay) (es)
  • Banque Heritage (Uruguay) (es)
  • Banco de la Nación Argentina
  • BANDES

Defunct banks

  • Discount Bank (Latin America) S.A.
  • HSBC Bank (Uruguay) S.A.
  • Banco Surinvest S.A.
  • Citibank N.A. Sucursal Uruguay
  • Lloyds TSB Bank plc

Venezuela

Central bank

  • Central Bank of Venezuela

Government-owned banks

  • Banco de Venezuela
  • BANDES
  • Banco Bicentenario

Commercial banks

  • Banco Nacional de Crédito
  • BBVA Provincial
  • Banesco
  • Banco Mercantil
  • Banco del Tesoro (es)
  • Bancamiga (es)
  • Banplus (es)
  • Bancaribe
  • Banco Venezolano de Crédito
  • Banco Plaza (es)
  • Fondo Común
  • Banco DELSUR (es)
  • Banco Exterior (Venezuela) (es)
  • Bancrecer
  • Banco Caroní (es)
  • Banco Activo (es)
  • 100% Banco
  • Sofitasa
  • Iran-Venezuela Bi-National Bank

Defunct banks

  • Banco Occidental de Descuento
  • Banco Federal
  • Banco Latino
  • Stanford Bank Venezuela
  • Banco Industrial de Venezuela
  • Women's Development Bank

Largest banks in the Americas

The 20 largest banks in the Americas by total assets, as of 2023.

Rank Bank name Country Total assets
(billions of US$)
1 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  United States $3,875.39
2 Bank of America  United States $3,180.15
3 Citigroup Inc.  United States $2,200.83
4 Wells Fargo & Co.  United States $1,932.47
5 Goldman Sachs  United States $1,641.59
6 Royal Bank of Canada  Canada $1,566.41
7 Toronto-Dominion Bank  Canada $1,428.29
8 Morgan Stanley  United States $1,193.69
9 Scotiabank  Canada $1,041.11
10 Bank of Montreal  Canada $990.19
11 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce  Canada $726.27
12 U.S. Bancorp  United States $663.49
13 Capital One  United States $629.99
14 PNC Financial Services  United States $561.58
15 Banco Itaú  Brazil $555.72
16 Truist Financial Corp  United States $535.35
17 Charles Schwab Corporation  United States $493.18
18 Banco do Brasil  Brazil $447.72
19 BNY Mellon  United States $409.88
20 Banco Bradesco  Brazil $394.76

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