Banco de la Nación Argentina
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Banco de la Nación Argentina (BNA; English: Bank of the Argentine Nation) is a large bank in
History
The Bank of the Argentine Nation was founded on 18 October 1891 by President
The bank's reputation suffered after it was revealed that bribes had been received by the board of directors in 1994 when contacting IBM for the supply of computers, software, and communication equipment, becoming a prominent political scandal at the time.[4]
Services
Long a significant supplier of domestic lending in a credit-tight economy, the bank attempted—with only partial success—to revive the local credit market during the tenure of Gabriela Ciganotto, who stated the main goal of the bank in her inauguration speech in 2006 as "putting [the bank] at the service of production, especially small and medium businesses, and not of speculation."[5]
In December 2006[update] the bank ranked 278th in the world in terms of
Headquarters
The bank's headquarters are located in the San Nicolás neighborhood of Buenos Aires on the site of the Teatro Colón's first building, bought by the national government in 1888 and later designated as main offices of the recently founded institution. The edifice was remodeled in 1910 by architect Adolfo Büttner to better suit its new role as a bank venue.
In 1938 architect Alejandro Bustillo presented a new design for a much larger building in a revivalist, French-influenced, Monumental Neoclassical style. These new 100,000 m2 (1,100,000 sq ft) headquarters were built in two stages between 1940 and 1955.[8] This building is also home to the Alejandro Bustillo Art Gallery, established in 1971, as well as to a historic and numismatic museum.[9]
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Original building of the Teatro Colón c. 1880
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Adolfo Büttner's remodel in 1910
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Current Neoclassical building by Alejandro Bustillo
Branches
In December 2011[update] the bank maintained 626 branches throughout Argentina,
See also
References
- ^ "Estado de situación patrimonial y estado de resultados" (PDF) (in Spanish). Banco de la Nación Argentina.
- ^ a b c d e "Ranking de bancos" (in Spanish). ABA.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "BNA: Nuestra historia" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-05-29.
- ^ "Todo Argentina: 1995" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Miceli puso en funciones a la nueva presidenta del Banco Nación". Clarín (in Spanish).
- ^ "The Banker: Top 1000 World Banks" (PDF). The Banker. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ "Credito Hipotecario Uva: Inflacion Que Va a Pasar". Archived from the original on 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
- ^ "Buenos Aires: Banco de la Nación Argentina" (in Spanish).
- ^ "BNA: Galería de Arte "Alejandro Bustillo"" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-07-18.