Banco de Venezuela S.A.
TypeJoint stock company
IndustryFinance and insurance
Founded1883 (as Banco Comercial)
2 September 1890 (1890-09-02) (as Banco de Venezuela)
Headquarters
Caracas
,
Venezuela
Key people
José Javier Morales (president)
ProductsFinancial services
Number of employees
4,050
Websitewww.bancodevenezuela.com

Banco de Venezuela (abbreviated: BDV) is an international universal bank based in Caracas. It was the market leader in Venezuela until 2007, when it fell to third place, with an 11.3% market share for deposits; its major competitors are Banesco, Banco Mercantil and BBVA Banco Provincial.[1] As of June 2008, it had 285 branches in Venezuela.

History

The bank was founded in 1883 as Banco Comercial, which on 2 September 1890 changed its name to Banco de Venezuela. It was initially a loan and taxation financial institution for the Venezuelan government. In 1920, it had already established 10 branches in the country, and due to the lack of a central bank, the Banco de Venezuela became one of the six financial institutions with the right to issue banknotes, until the creation of the Banco Central de Venezuela in 1940.

In 1976, BDV inaugurated its hundredth branch nationwide. In 1978 the bank introduced 24-hour customer service, credit cards and new point of sales terminals. The bank opened branches in New York and Curaçao in 1977 and 1979 respectively, and two years later founded a subsidiary, Banco de Venezuela International, to offer a better service outside the country. In 1984, the bank inaugurated its new headquarters in the center of Caracas.

On 6 October 2000, BDV purchased 100% of Banco Caracas, becoming the largest bank in the country.[2]

State involvement

In 1993, after three years struggle for shareholder control, Banco de Venezuela was taken over by Banco Consolidado[3] to form Banco de Venezuela y Consolidado. However, Banco Consolidado was closed during the Venezuelan banking crisis of 1994. Following the closure, BDV suffered financial problems in the context of the national financial crisis. On 9 August 1994, BDV became the tenth bank bailed out by the Venezuelan government during the crisis, with the government taking a majority stake for an estimated at US$294m.[4] In 1996 the bank was reprivatised, with Grupo Santander purchasing 93,38% of its shares, for around US$350m.[3][5][6]

In June 2008, Grupo Santander began discussion with Venezuelan banker Victor Vargas, regarding a possible acquisition of BDV,[7] but the Venezuelan government stopped the negotiations. On 31 July of the same year, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez stated: "I'm interested in the purchase (by the government) and we going to nationalize it".[8] However by March 2009 negotiations with Grupo Santander had still not been completed, and Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said it was possible the takeover could be abandoned.[9]

In June 2008 talks began with Banco Occidental de Diseño (BOD) to absorb Grupo Santander's participation in Venezuela, creating the first bank in that country,[10] owever, the Venezuelan government prevented the acquisition and on July 31 of that year, President Hugo Chávez announced on national broadcaster that the bank would be nationalized. On May 22, 2009, the purchase agreement was signed between the Venezuelan government and Grupo Santander for an amount of 1,050 million dollars. On July 3, 2009 the Bank of Venezuela became 50% managed by the Venezuelan government.[11]

Since its nationalization, it has grown by more than one million clients between June 2009 and March 2011, going from 3,310,000 to 4,427,000 clients.[12] Also in the same period, credits for the acquisition of homes increased by 275.4%, going from 582 million bolivars in June 2009 to a total of 2,185 million bolivars recorded in January 2011.[13] On September 15, 2021, the bank had a multi-day outage in its electronic banking services, affecting 14 million customers.[14]

On September 27, 2021, the departure of José Javier Morales as president of the bank was announced, as was the appointment to his position of Román Maniglia, son of Orlando Maniglia and Carmen Meléndez.[15] BdV Online is the online service of the Bank of Venezuela (BDV).[16] Morales' departure was a few days after the bank's digital service crashed, leaving users without access to their accounts for more than 100 hours.[17]

On June 10, 2022, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, announced the decision of the National Executive on the public offer of between 5 to 10% of the shares of the Bank of Venezuela, the same action announced on month of May of the same year by the President of the Republic, Nicolás Maduro, with the state companies CANTV and Movilnet.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Sistema banca comercial y universal". Banca y Negocios (in Spanish). 21 December 2007. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
  2. ↑ "Merger creates Venezuela's largest bank" Retrieved on 13 January 2008
  3. 1 2 Banco de Venezuela, Historia Archived 21 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 17 March 2009
  4. ↑ "Veneuela (sic) Announces Bank Rescue Package". The New York Times. 10 August 1994. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
  5. ↑ "Santander confirma que negocia con Gobierno de Venezuela la venta de filial". Unión Radio (in Spanish). 1 August 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
  6. ↑ "Banco Santander in talks with Venezuela". IHT. 1 August 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
  7. ↑ "Anuncian venta del Banco de Venezuela al BOD" (in Spanish). 20 March 2008. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2009. Cadena Global.
  8. ↑ "Presidente Chávez anunció la intención del gobierno de nacionalizar al Banco de Venezuela". Globovisión (in Spanish). 31 July 2008. Archived from the original on 11 October 2009. Retrieved 13 January 2009. Yo estoy interesado en comprar y vamos a nacionalizar al Banco de Venezuela
  9. ↑ Bloomberg, 8 March 2009, Venezuela Still Negotiating Santander Takeover, Minister Says
  10. ↑ Anuncian venta del Banco de Venezuela al BOD Cadena Global. June 20, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Gobierno ya controla el Banco de Venezuela". 3 July 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2020. Archived from November 26, 2015. Retrieved July 3, 2009. September 21 from 2009.
  12. ↑ "Banco de Venezuela inauguró su agencia número 411 en Vargas". RNV. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Banco de Venezuela aumentó 275,4% los créditos para viviendas YVKE Mundial Radio. 27 de febrero de 2011.
  14. ↑ Figueroa, Ahiana (19 September 2021). "Plataforma del Banco de Venezuela sigue caída tras cinco días de labores para recuperarla". Tal Cual. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "Román Maniglia: el experto en finanzas digitales que ahora preside el BDV no tiene dinero". Banca y Negocios. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "Cómo unirse a BdV en Linea". bdvenlinea.onl (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  17. ↑ Jackelin D. (19 September 2021). "¿Qué se sabe sobre la restitución de la plataforma del Banco de Venezuela?". El Diario. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  18. ↑ "Bolsa de Caracas está activada para agilizar oferta pública de acciones del Banco de Venezuela". Banca y Negocios. 10 June 2022.
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