Banco Español de Crédito, S.A., “Spanish Credit Bank”) better known as Banesto, was a Spanish multinational financial services company. Prior to the Spanish Government's historical intervention in 1993, the very first in the history of banking, Banesto was the third-largest financial group in Spain, operating around 1,770 branches, as well as the fifth-largest company of the IBEX 35. The ambitious capital increase planned in 1993 by its Executive Chairman Mario Conde together with J.P. Morgan's vice-president Roberto Mendoza became the biggest restructuring plan in the history of Europe, involving asset sales and a rights issue of US$1.2 billion, after which Banesto was expected to become the largest financial firm in Europe. Although initially accepted by the Bank of Spain, it was later frustrated following intervention on the basis of financial transparency.
Banco Santander, S.A., doing business as Santander Group, is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Santander in Spain. Additionally, Santander maintains a presence in all global financial centres as the 19th-largest banking institution in the world. Although known for its European banking operations, it has extended operations across North and South America, and more recently in continental Asia. It is considered a systemically important bank by the Financial Stability Board.
Banco Santander Totta S.A., also known as Banco Santander (Portugal), is a subsidiary of Banco Santander in Portugal. Founded in 1988, it is currently the largest private bank in Portugal. In 2000, the then Banco Totta was acquired by Santander Group, later changing its name to Banco Santander Totta. In 2004 the bank absorbed sister company Crédito Predial Português.
Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) is a Portuguese state-owned banking corporation, and the largest bank in Portugal, established in Lisbon in 1876.
The Autoridade da Concorrência (AdC) is the Portuguese name for the country's competition regulator, an organisation established to ensure fair commercial competition in Portugal.
Banco Espírito Santo (BES) was a Portuguese bank based in Lisbon that on 4 August 2014 was split in two banks: Novo Banco, which kept its healthy operations, and a "bad bank" to keep its toxic assets.
The Banco Caboverdiano de Negócios is a Cape Verdean commercial bank. Its headquarters are at Avenida Amílcar Cabral, in the city centre of Praia. The current president of its board of directors is Luís Vasconcelos Lopes.
Portuguese Commercial Bank is a Portuguese bank that was founded in 1985 and is the largest private bank in the country. BCP is a member of the Euronext 100 stock index and its current chief executive officer is Miguel Maya Dias Pinheiro. BCP is based in Porto, but its operations are headquartered in Oeiras, Greater Lisbon. It operates a branch brand-dubbed and restyled in 2004 as Millennium BCP as well as Banque BCP and ActivoBank.
Júlio Rafael de Aragão Bozano is a Brazilian banker and businessman.
SGM, or sgm, may refer to:
Baldomero Falcones, was the chairman and CEO of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC), a European service and construction group. FCC is included in the IBEX-35 index, which comprises the 35 most important companies on the Spanish Stock Market.
Banco Itaú S.A. was a former Brazilian bank that merged with Unibanco on November 4, 2008, to form Banco Itaú Unibanco.
Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. is the Brazilian subsidiary of the Spanish Santander Group, headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil. It is the fifth largest banking institution in Brazil, as well as the fifth largest in Latin America, and the largest division of the group outside Europe, accounting for around 30% of its financial results globally by 2019. The bank is listed at the B3 in São Paulo, and at NYSE though ADRs.
Horácio da Silva Roque was a Portuguese financier and businessman, who founded the Banco Internacional do Funchal (BANIF) in 1988.
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., better known by its initialism BBVA, is a Spanish multinational financial services company based in Madrid and Bilbao, Spain. It is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, and is present mainly in Spain, Portugal, Mexico, South America, Turkey, Italy and Romania.
novobanco is a Portuguese bank introduced on 4 August 2014 by the Bank of Portugal to rescue assets and liabilities of Banco Espírito Santo (BES). BES was the second largest private financial institution in Portugal in terms of net assets, as well as one of the oldest and most reputed Portuguese banks.
Alberto J. Safra is a Brazilian-born businessman who founded ASA Investments and is a member of the Safra family.
