Banco Central Hispano

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Banco Central Hispano
FormerlyBanco Central Hispanoamericano
Company type S. A.
Industry Finance and insurance
PredecessorBanco Central and Banco Hispano Americano
FoundedDecember 27, 1991 (1991-12-27)
DefunctJanuary 15, 1999;25 years ago (1999-01-15)
Successor Banco Santander Central Hispano
Headquarters
Services Financing

Banco Central Hispano was a Spanish bank. In 1999 it was merged with Banco Santander to form Banco Santander Central Hispano. [1] However the bank group was reverted to refer as Santander Group or Banco Santander in 2007.

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References

  1. "Euro bank mega merger". BBC. 15 January 1999. Retrieved 15 April 2016.