Banif Financial Group
Type | Sociedade Anónima |
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Euronext: BNF | |
Industry | Financial services |
Founded | 1988 |
Founder | Horácio Roque |
Headquarters | Funchal, Portugal |
Key people | Jorge Tomé (CEO), Luís Amado (Chairman) |
Products | Retail and investment banking, insurance, asset management, private equity, factoring |
Revenue | €552.5 million (2010)[1] |
€58.1 million (2010)[1] | |
€33.4 million (2010)[1] | |
Total assets | €15.71 billion (end 2010)[1] |
Total equity | €1.279 billion (end 2010)[1] |
Number of employees | 5,400 (end 2010)[1] |
Website | www.grupobanif.pt |
Banif Financial Group (Portuguese: Banif - Grupo Financeiro) was a state-owned Portuguese international financial services group associated with the Banco Internacional do Funchal. In December 2015 Banco Santander Totta, a subsidiary of Santander Group agreed to buy lending operations of Portugal’s Banif-Banco Internacional do Funchal SA for 150 million euros.[2] The company had a presence in Europe, South America, North America, Africa and Asia.
History[]
Banif was founded and incorporated by Horácio Roque[3] on 15 January 1988 and took over all of the assets and liabilities of the defunct Caixa Económica do Funchal. In 1995, it opened offices in Caracas, Venezuela and South Africa; in 1996 in São Paulo, Brazil; and in 2008 in San Ġiljan, Malta. Due to the Portuguese sovereign debt and banking crisis, Banif was one among a number of Portuguese banks which were nationalized in order to be rescued by the government.
Subsidiaries[]
Banif consisted of the following subsidiaries, most of which have either been incorporated or purchased:
- SGM – Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Pensões Mundial, S.A. (1989)
- Ascor Dealer – Sociedade Financeira de Corretagem, S.A. (1989)
- Mundileasing – Sociedade de Locação Financeira, S.A. (1990)
- Mundicre – Sociedade Financeira para Aquisições a Crédito, S.A. (1991)
- Banifundos – Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Investimento Mobiliário, S.A. (1991)
- Invesfeiras – Investimentos Imobiliários, S.A. (1991)
- Banif – Investimentos – S.G.P.S., S.A. (1992)
- Banifólio – Sociedade Gestora de Patrimónios, S.A. (1992)
- Banif – Banco Internacional do Funchal (Cayman), Ltd. (1993)
- Açoreana Seguros (1996)
- Banco Comercial dos Açores (1996)
- BanifServ Agrupamento Complementar de Empresas de Serviços, Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação (1997)
- Banif – Banco de Investimento, S.A. (2000)
- Banif Financial Services, Inc. (2001)
- Banif Mortgage Company (2002)
Stock exchange floats[]
Portuguese[]
In March 1992, Banif first appeared on the Lisbon and Porto stock exchanges.
North American[]
In 2002, Banif Securities acquired the Brazilian brokerage firm Indusval, giving them a place on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Annual Report 2010". Banco Português de Investimento. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ Santander Buys Portugal's Banif for $163 Million Amid Resolution, bloomberg.com, retrieved 22 December 2015
- ^ "Banif bank founder Horácio Roque dies". The Portugal News. 2010-05-22. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
External links[]
- Defunct banks of Portugal
- Banks established in 1988
- Banks disestablished in 2015
- 2015 disestablishments in Portugal
- Funchal
- Portuguese companies established in 1988