Unibanco

Infobox_Company
company_name = União de Bancos Brasileiros S.A.
company_
company_type = Public (NYSE: [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=UBB UBB] ) (Bovespa: [http://www.bovespa.com.br/home/ExecutaAcaoCotRapXSL.asp?gstrCA=707065480568690340681248570544650563452559491845572940512748550361665270&txtCodigo=UBBR11&intIdiomaXsl=0= UBBR11] / [http://www.bovespa.com.br/home/ExecutaAcaoCotRapXSL.asp?gstrCA=707065480568690340681248570544650563452559491845572940512748550361665270&txtCodigo=UBBR3&intIdiomaXsl=0 UBBR3] / [http://www.bovespa.com.br/Cotacoes2000/CotacaoRapidaHome.Asp?PaginaReferente=PosicaoGeralPregao.Asp&txtCodigo=UBBR4 UBBR4] / [http://www.bovespa.com.br/Cotacoes2000/CotacaoRapidaHome.Asp?PaginaReferente=PosicaoGeralPregao.Asp&txtCodigo=UBHD3 UBHD3] [http://www.bovespa.com.br/Cotacoes2000/CotacaoRapidaHome.Asp?PaginaReferente=PosicaoGeralPregao.Asp&txtCodigo=UBHD6 UBHD6] )
company_slogan = "Nem parece banco."
(Portuguese: "Doesn't even look like a bank.")
foundation = flagicon|Brazil Poços de Caldas, Brazil (1924)
location = flagicon|Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
key_people = João Moreira Salles, Founder
Pedro Moreira Salles CEO
Pedro Malan, Administration Council Member
num_employees = -
industry = Finance and Insurance
products = Banking
revenue = profit$2,1 billion USD (2007)
Net Income = -
homepage = [http://www.unibanco.com.br www.unibanco.com.br]

Unibanco is the third largest privately-owned bank in Brazil. Unibanco stands for União de Bancos Brasileiros (Brazilian Banks Union). The bank was born in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais. Today, however, its headquarters are located in the city of São Paulo, as almost all other major banks are. The banking house has grown to be the third biggest private national bank largely due to the 1995 acquisition of Banco Nacional, which went bankrupt alongside other major financial houses during the national banking meltdown of the early years of the Real Plan. As most banks in the country, it offers a wide variety of financial services, such as checking accounts, consumer credit, loans, insurance, pension and investment funds, brokerage services, etc. Though its shares are negotiated on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa), it is still today controlled by its founding Moreira Salles family. The family was until recently headed by patriarch Walter Moreira Salles - a renowned banker and diplomat, who served as Brazilian ambassador to Britain as well as Finance Minister - deceased in 2001. As of 2006, his son Pedro Moreira Salles serves as the company's Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board.

The group own several companies, including: Fininvest, Hipercard, Luizacred, PontoCred, Banco Dibens and Unicard.

External links

* [http://www.unibanco.com.br Official site] (unibanco.com.br)
* [http://www.gstock.com/s=ubb Unibanco stock quote]