List of banks in the Americas

Central bank • Central Bank of Argentina Government-owned banks • Banco de la Nación Argentina • Bank of the Province of Buenos Aires • Bank of the City of Buenos Aires • Banco Patagonia • Banco Santiago del Estero Commercial banks • Grupo Financiero Galicia • Banco Santander Argentina • Banco Macro • BBVA Argentina • Banco Credicoop • Citibank Argentina • Banco Hipotecario • New Bank of Santa Fe • Municipal Bank of Rosario ==Bahamas==

Central bank • Central Bank of The Bahamas Government-owned banks • Bank of The Bahamas International • Commonwealth Bank of Bahamas Commercial banks • Citibank • Fidelity Bank • Finance Corporation of The Bahamas • CIBC Caribbean • Royal Bank of Canada • Scotiabank == Barbados ==

Central bank • Central Bank of Barbados Commercial banks • CIBC Caribbean • First Citizens • RBTT Bank Barbados limited; subsidiary of RBTT Financial Holdings Limited (RBTT) • RBC Financial Caribbean; branch of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) • Scotiabank Development banks • African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank) • Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) == Belize ==

Central bank • Central Bank of Belize Development bank • National Bank of Belize Limited Major privately owned banks • Belize Bank Ltd. • Heritage Bank Limited • Atlantic Bank Limited ==Bermuda==

• The Bank of N. T. Butterfield & Son Limited • HSBC Bank of Bermuda Limited • Bermuda Commercial Bank Limited • Clarien Bank ==Bolivia==

Central bank • Central Bank of Bolivia Law-recognized state banks • Banco Unión Second-floor banks • Banco de Desarrollo Productivo Multiple banks • Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz • Banco Nacional de Bolivia • Banco BISA • Banco de Crédito BCP • • • • Banco Económico • Banco Prodem • Banco Fortaleza Small and Medium Enterprise-focused Banks • Banco PyME Ecofuturo • Bancomunidad Foreign banks • Banco de la Nación Argentina Defunct banks • Banco Agrícola de Bolivia • Banco Boliviano Americano • Banco de Credito Oruro • Banco de Cochabamba • Banco de Financiamiento Industrial • Banco de La Paz • Banco de la Vivienda • Banco de Potosí • Banco de San Carlos • Banco del Progreso • • Banco Intenacional de Desarrollo • Banco Minero de Bolivia • Banco PyME Los Andes ProCredit • Banco Santa Cruz • Banco Sur • BHN Multibanco • Citibank ==Brazil==

The banking sector in Brazil is one of the largest in Latin America, with total assets exceeding R$17 trillion as of 2025. The market is highly concentrated, with the five largest banks — Banco do Brasil, Caixa Econômica Federal, Itaú Unibanco, Bradesco, and Santander Brasil — accounting for more than half of total banking assets. Central bank • Central Bank of Brazil Development banks • National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) (Federal Government-owned) • Espírito Santo Development Bank (BANDES) (State of Espírito Santo-owned) • Minas Gerais Development Bank (BDMG) (State of Minas Gerais-owned) • Far South Regional Development Bank (BRDE) (States of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul-owned) Major commercial banks Government-owned banks • Banco do Brasil (Federal Government as main shareholder) • Caixa Econômica Federal (Federal Government-owned) Private-owned banks • Itaú Unibanco • Banco Bradesco • Banco Santander Brasil; (owned by Spanish Banco Santander) Other commercial banks Government-owned banks • (Federal Government as main shareholder) • Banco de Brasília (BRB) (Federal District-owned) • Banco do Estado do Espírito Santo (Banestes) (State of Espírito Santo-owned) • Banco do Estado do Pará (Banpará) (State of Pará-owned) • Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Banrisul) (State of Rio Grande do Sul-owned) • (Banese) (State of Sergipe-owned) • Banco do Nordeste (Federal Government as main shareholder) Private-owned banks • (China's Bank of Communications as main shareholder) • Banco BMG • Banco Daycoval S.A. • Banco BV (co-owned by Votorantim Group and Banco do Brasil) • • • • Banco PAN (formerly Banco Panamericano, now owned by BTG Pactual) • • • Banco Safra • Online banks • • Banco Bari • • • • • • Nubank • Cooperative banks • (Bancoob) • Sistema de Cooperativas de Crédito Ailos • (Sicoob) • (Sicred) • • Cresol Investment banks • Banco BTG Pactual (private) • (private) • (private) Merged or defunct banks • Banco Alfa; acquired by Banco Safra • Banco Bamerindus; acquired by HSBC Bank (Brazil), now Banco Bradesco • Banco Bandeirantes; acquired by Caixa Geral de Depósitos, later merged with Unibanco, now Banco Itaú • BankBoston Brasil; Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Itaú • Banorte; acquired by Banco Bandeirantes, later merged with Unibanco, now Banco Itaú • BBVA Brasil; Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Bradesco • Banco Boavista; acquired by Banco Bradesco • Citibank Brasil; Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Itaú • Banco Credireal; acquired by BCN, now Banco Bradesco • Banco de Crédito Nacional (BCN); acquired by Banco Bradesco • Banco Econômico; merged with Banco Excel, later acquired by BBVA Brasil, now Banco Bradesco • Banco do Estado do Amazonas (BEA); acquired by Banco Bradesco • Banco do Estado da Bahia (Baneb); acquired by Banco Bradesco • Banco do Estado do Ceará (BEC); acquired by Banco Bradesco • Banco do Estado de Goiás (BEG); acquired by Banco Itaú • Banco do Estado do Maranhão (BEM); acquired by Banco Bradesco • Banco do Estado de Minas Gerais (Bemge); acquired by Banco Itaú • Banco do Estado da Paraíba (Paraiban); acquired by Banco Real, now Santander Brasil • Banco do Estado do Paraná (Banestado); acquired by Banco Itaú • Banco do Estado de Pernambuco (Bandepe); acquired by Banco Real, now Santander Brasil • Banco do Estado do Piauí (BEP); acquired by Banco do Brasil • Banco do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Banerj); acquired by Banco Itaú • Banco do Estado de Santa Catarina (BESC); acquired by Banco do Brasil • Banco do Estado de São Paulo (Banespa); acquired by Santander Brasil • HSBC Bank (Brazil); Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Bradesco • Banco Mercantil Finasa; acquired by Banco Bradesco • Banco Meridional; acquired by Banco Bozano Simonsen, later merged with Santander Brasil • Banco Nacional; acquired by Unibanco, now Banco Itaú • Banco Noroeste; acquired by Santander Brasil • Banco Nossa Caixa; acquired by Banco do Brasil • Banco Real; formerly owned by ABN AMRO, later merged with Santander Brasil • Banco Sudameris; acquired by Banco Real, now Santander Brasil • Unibanco; merged with Banco Itaú ==Canada==

Central bank • Central Bank of Chile Government-owned banks • Banco del Estado de Chile Commercial banks • Banco de Crédito e Inversiones • Banco de Chile • • • Banco BICE • • Banco Falabella • • Banco Ripley Foreign-owned • Banco Santander (Chile) (owned by Banco Santander) • Itaú (Chile) (56,6% owned by Itaú Unibanco) • (owned by Scotiabank) Neobanks • Tenpo • Tanner Banco Digital Enterprise banks • Citibank Chile Foreign banks with representation • Banco de la Nación Argentina • Banco do Brasil • DnB NOR Bank ASA • JP Morgan Chase Bank • The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Merged or defunct banks Commercial banks • Banco de A. Edwards; merged with Banco de Chile. • ; merged with Scotiabank Chile. • ; merged with Scotiabank Chile. • ; merged with Banco Santander, some assets sold to Paris. • Banco Sud Americano; bought by Scotiabank Chile. • Banco Paris; closed in 2016. • ; assets sold to Banco de Chile. • BankBoston; Chilean operations bought by Banco Itaú. • Corpbanca; merged with Banco Itaú Chile. • HSBC Bank Chile; operations merged with Banco de Chile. • Rabobank; dissolved in 2017, banking assets sold to Banco BICE. Enterprise banks • Deutsche Bank; left the Chilean market in 2016. ==Colombia==

Central bank • Banco de la República Second floor • Bancóldex Commercial banks • Bancolombia • Davivienda • Nubank • Banco de Bogotá • BBVA Colombia • Banco de Occidente Credencial • • • Itaú Colombia • • • Banco AV Villas • • • • Banco Pichincha • Banco W • Bancamía Government-owned banks • Defunct banks • Granahorrar Bank • Citibank assets sold to Scotiabank. ==Costa Rica==

Central bank • Banco Central de Costa Rica Government-owned banks • Banco de Costa Rica • Banco Nacional de Costa Rica • Commercial banks • BAC Credomatic • Banco BCT • Banco Cathay de Costa Rica • Banco CMB • Davivienda • • Banco Improsa • Banco Lafise • Prival Bank • • Scotiabank Defunct banks • merged to Banco de Costa Rica ==Cuba==

Central bank • Central Bank of Cuba Commercial banks • Banco de Crédito y Comercio • Banco de Inversiones • Banco Exterior de Cuba • Banco Financiero Internacional • Banco Industrial de Venezuela-Cuba • Banco Internacional de Comercio • Banco Metropolitano • Banco Nacional de Cuba • ==Dominica==

Commercial banks • National Bank of Dominica (NBD) Branches of foreign banks • Republic Bank Foreign-owned banks • CIBC Caribbean Offshore banks • Griffon Bank ==Dominican Republic==

Central bank • Central Bank of the Dominican Republic Government-owned banks • Major banks • Banco Popular • Banco BHD • Scotiabank • • Banesco ==Ecuador==

Central bank • Central Bank of Ecuador Government-owned banks • • BanEcuador • Major banks • Banco Pichincha • Produbanco • • Banco del Pacífico • • • • ==El Salvador==

Central bank • Central Reserve Bank of El Salvador Major banks • Banco Agricola • • Banco Davivienda El Salvador • • ==Grenada==

Commercial banks • Grenada Co-operative Bank (only locally owned bank) Branches of foreign banks • Scotiabank • RBTT Bank Grenada Limited • Republic Bank(Grenada) Limited Foreign-owned banks • CIBC Caribbean ==Guatemala==

Central bank • Bank of Guatemala Commercial banks • • • • • BANTRAB ==Guyana==

Central Bank • Bank of Guyana Commercial banks • Republic Bank (Guyana) (Subsidiary of Republic Bank) • Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry Ltd. (GBTI) • Demerara Bank Ltd. • Citizen's Bank Guyana Inc. Foreign-owned banks • Bank of Baroda ==Honduras==

Central bank • Banco Central de Honduras Government-owned banks • Banadesa Banks • • • Banco de Occidente • BAC Credomatic • • Banco de Los Trabajadores Foreign Banks • Banco Azteca • Davivienda ==Jamaica==

Central bank • The Bank of Jamaica Commercial banks Locally owned banks • First Global Bank (Parent -Grace Kennedy) • National Commercial Bank (NCB) • Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB) • Sagicor Bank Subsidiary/branch of foreign entity • The Bank of Nova Scotia (Parent - Scotia Bank) • Citibank Jamaica (Parent - Citibank) • CIBC Caribbean (Parent - CIBC) • National Commercial of Jamaica (Parent -Portland Holdings) Merchant banks Locally owned banks • Cornerstone Trust & Merchant Bank Subsidiary/branch of foreign entity • Scotia Investments (Parent -The Bank of Nova Scotia) ==Mexico==