BBVA Banco Provincial

Infobox_Company
company_name = BBVA Banco Provincial
company_logo =| company_type = Public
company_slogan = adelante.
foundation = 1953, as "Banco Provincial"
1997, as "BBV Banco Provincial"
1999, as "BBVA Banco Provincial"
location = flagicon|Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela
key_people = José Antonio Colomer Guiu, (CEO)
num_employees =
industry = Finance and Insurance
products = Financial Services
parent =
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.provincial.com/ www.provincial.com]
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BBVA Banco Provincial is a financial institution in Venezuela.

History

Founded on October 15, 1953 in Caracas, Venezuela as Banco Provincial with a capital of Bs. 15,000,000. In November 1996, Banco Provincial became the first universal bank in Venezuela by expanding it's business objectives to include activities of specialized banking. In 1997, Spain's "Banco Bilbao Vizcaya" (now Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria) acquired the majority of shares as a strategy of expansion into Latin America, increasing progressively it's participation to a 55.14%.

External links

*http://www.provincial.com/ Official site (Spanish)
*http://www.bbva.es BBVA official site (Spanish)