Banco Bradesco


Banco Bradesco S.A. is one of the biggest banking and financial services companies in Brazil. Banco Bradesco was the largest private bank in Brazil until Banco Itaú and Unibanco merged in 2009. Banco Bradesco is headquartered in the city of Osasco, in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, at :pt:Companhia_Cidade_de_Deus|Companhia Cidade de Deus, and has 5,314 branches, 4,834 Service Branches and 38,430 “Bradesco Expresso” Units, the correspondent bank through partnerships with supermarkets, drugstores, department stores and other retail chains. It is currently the third largest Brazilian bank by total assets. The bank is the world’s thirtysecond largest in market capitalization in 2014.
Bradesco customers can also use 34,859 “Bradesco Dia&Noite” Automatic Teller Machines and 12,975 ATMs of the Banco24Horas, a Brazilian third-party ATM network.
The Bank is a pioneer in using the ATM biometric reading system “Segurança Bradesco na Palma da Mão” in Brazil, which enables customers to be identified using the vascular pattern of their hands, serving as a complementary password, available at 31,474 Banco Bradesco ATMs and 5,549 Banco24Horas ATMs.
Banco Bradesco offers Internet Banking, insurance, pension plans, annuities, credit card services for customers, and savings bonds. The bank also provides personal and commercial loans, as well as leasing services. Internationally, Banco Bradesco have one branch in New York and two in Grand Cayman, and banking or financial subsidiaries or affiliates in London, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires, Grand Cayman, Tokyo and Mexico.
Banco Bradesco is constantly expanding and has recently acquired Banco do Estado do Maranhão, Banco Mercantil de São Paulo, Banco Ibi S.A., and the Brazilian operations of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management, American Express and HSBC Brasil. Banco Bradesco grew its value by more than 50 percent compared with 2017
Banco Bradesco's stock is traded on BM&F Bovespa, where it is part of the Índice Bovespa. It is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Madrid Stock Exchange.

Slogan

  • Pra frente. ; it means "Go forward.".

    History

  • March 10, 1943: Banco Brasileiro de Descontos S.A. founded by Amador Aguiar in the city of Marília in the state of São Paulo. The bank targets small landowners, retailers, and government employees.
  • 1946: Banco Bradesco moves headquarters to São Paulo.
  • 1951: Banco Bradesco grows to become the largest private bank in Brazil.
  • 1953: Banco Bradesco moves headquarters to Cidade de Deus, Osasco, São Paulo.
  • 1956: Amador Aguiar creates Fundação Bradesco, the biggest education program in Brazil.
  • 1962: Banco Bradesco is the first Latin American company to buy a computer.
  • 1968: Banco Bradesco the first credit card in Brazil.
  • 1970s: Banco Bradesco acquires 17 banks throughout the country.
  • 1978: Banco Bradesco branch no. 1000 is inaugurated in Chuí at the southern tip of Brazil.
  • 1991: Amador Aguiar passed away at 86 in São Paulo.
  • 1996: Banco Bradesco the first Latin American Internet Banking system.
  • 1997: Banco Bradesco Banco BCN
  • 2000: Banco Bradesco Argentina commences operations in Buenos Aires. Bradesco Securities commences operations in New York.
  • 2010: Banco Bradesco buys Ibi Mexican subsidiary, also controlled by C&A.
  • 2011: Banco Bradesco fourth among the world's 500 greenest companies and first among Brazilian companies, according to a list disclosed by Newsweek, prepared in partnership with the consulting firms Trucost and Sustainalyctis.
  • 2015: Banco Bradesco buys HSBC Brazilian unit for $5.2 billion.
  • 2019 - Lázaro de Mello Brandão, President for 36 years, died aged 93.=