List of banks in the Americas

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This is a list of the banks in the Americas.

Largest banks in the Americas[]

The 15 largest banks in the Americas by total assets, as of 2019.[1]

Rank Bank name Country Total assets (billions of US$)
1 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  United States $2,622.53
2 Bank of America  United States $2,354.51
3 Citigroup Inc.  United States $1,917.38
4 Wells Fargo & Co.  United States $1,895.88
5 Royal Bank of Canada  Canada $1,039.24
6 Toronto-Dominion Bank  Canada $1,006.00
7 Goldman Sachs  United States $931.80
8 Morgan Stanley  United States $853.53
9 Scotiabank  Canada $785.44
10 Bank of Montreal  Canada $613.56
11 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce  Canada $467.55
12 U.S. Bancorp  United States $467.37
13 Truist Financial  United States $441.24
14 Banco Itaú  Brazil $401.10
15 PNC Financial Services  United States $382.32

Argentina[]

See Category:Banks of Argentina

Bahamas[]

Central bank[]

Government-owned banks[]

Commercial banks[]

Barbados[]

Central bank[]

Commercial banks[]

Foreign-owned banks[]

Development banks[]

Belize[]

Central bank[]

Development bank[]

Major privately owned banks[]

  • Belize Bank Ltd.
  • Scotiabank (Belize Limited)
  • ; now known as Heritage Bank Limited
  • Atlantic Bank Limited
  • CIBC First Caribbean International Bank

Bermuda[]

Bolivia[]

Central bank[]

Law-recognized state banks[]

Second-floor banks[]

  • Banco de Desarrollo Productivo

Multiple banks[]

Small and Medium Enterprise-focused Banks[]

  • Banco PyME Ecofuturo
  • Bancomunidad

Foreign banks[]

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[]

Central bank[]

Development banks[]

Major commercial banks[]

Government-owned banks[]

Private-owned banks[]

Other commercial banks[]

Government-owned banks[]

Private-owned banks[]

Online banks[]

Cooperative banks[]

Investiment banks[]

Merged or defunct banks[]

Canada[]

Chile[]

Central bank[]

  • Central Bank of Chile

Government-owned banks[]

Commercial banks[]

Foreign banks with representation[]

Merged or defunct banks[]

Colombia[]

Central bank[]

Commercial banks[]

Government-owned banks[]

Defunct banks[]

  • Granahorrar Bank

Costa Rica[]

Central bank[]

  • Banco Central de Costa Rica

Government-owned banks[]

Defunct banks[]

Commercial banks[]

  • Banco Cathay de Costa Rica
  • ; owned by Citigroup
  • ; owned by GE Capital
  • Scotiabank
  • ; owned by Citigroup
  • Davivienda

Cuba[]

Central bank[]

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
  • Banco Popular de Ahorro

Dominica[]

Commercial banks[]

Branches of foreign banks[]

Foreign-owned banks[]

  • FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB); subsidiary of CIBC

Offshore banks[]

Dominican Republic[]

Central bank[]

Major banks[]

Ecuador[]

Central bank[]

Major banks[]

El Salvador[]

Central bank[]

Major banks[]

Grenada[]

Commercial banks[]

  • (only locally owned bank)

Branches of foreign banks[]

  • The Bank of Nova Scotia (SCOTIABANK)

Foreign-owned banks[]

  • First Caribbean International Bank (FCIB); subsidiary of CIBC

Guyana[]

Central Bank[]

Commercial banks[]

Foreign-owned banks[]

Honduras[]

Central bank[]

  • Banco Central de Honduras

Banks[]

Foreign Banks[]

Jamaica[]

Central bank[]

  • The Bank of Jamaica

Commercial banks[]

Locally owned banks[]

  • First Global Bank (Parent -Grace Kennedy)

Subsidiary/branch of foreign entity[]

  • The Bank of Nova Scotia (Parent - Scotia Bank)
  • Citibank Jamaica (Parent - Citibank)
  • First Caribbean International Bank (Parent - CIBC)
  • National Commercial of Jamaica (Parent -Portland Holdings)
  • RBTT Jamaica Limited (Parent - Royal Bank of Trinidad & Tobago)

Merchant banks[]

Locally owned banks[]

  • Capital & Credit Merchant Bank (Parent - Capital & Credit Financial Group)
  • MF&G Trust & Finance
  • PanCaribbean Merchant Bank

Subsidiary/branch of foreign entity[]

  • Scotia DBG (Parent -The Bank of Nova Scotia)

Mexico[]

Panama[]

Commercial local banks[]

Government-owned banks[]

  • Banco Nacional de Panama

Foreign-owned banks[]

  • HSBC (merger between Panama's largest banking group Grupo Banistmo and HSBC Panama)
  • Citibank (subsidiary of Citigroup which merged with Banco Uno and Banco Cuscatlan)
  • Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
  • (subsidiary of Banco Santander)
  • Scotiabank

Paraguay[]

Central bank[]

  • Banco Central del Paraguay

Other banks[]

Peru[]

Central bank[]

Commercial banks[]

Development banks[]

Defunct banks[]


  • Sold to and rebranded as Scotiabank in 2006

  • Sold to and rebranded as Scotiabank in 2006
  • Banco Santander
    Operations in Peru acquired by Banco de Credito del Peru (Santander returns to Peru in 2007)
  • BankBoston
    Peruvian operations acquired by Banco de Credito del Peru

  • Merged with Banco Wiese and rebranded as Banco Wiese Sudameris

  • Merged with Banco Santander and rebranded as Banco Santander Central Hispano
  • Banco Latino
    Operations acquired by Interbank

  • Acquired by Banco Santander
  • Banco Mercantil
    Acquired by Banco Santander
  • top Gen
  • Banco Hipotecario

Saint Lucia[]

Commercial banks[]

Branches of foreign banks[]

Foreign-owned banks[]

  • FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB); Subsidiary of CIBC

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[]

Local banks[4][]

Offshore banks[]

Suriname[]

Central bank[]

Commercial banks[]

  • De Surinaamsche Bank
  • Hakrinbank
  • Surinaamse Volkscredietbank
  • Surinaamse Postspaarbank
  • Landbouwbank
  • Surichangebank
  • Finabank
  • Cooperatieve spaar- en kredietbank Godo

Foreign-owned banks[]

Trinidad and Tobago[]

Central Bank

  • The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago

Other Banks

United States[]

Uruguay[]

Central Bank[]

  • Banco Central del Uruguay

State-owned[]

Private[]

Venezuela[]

Central bank[]

Government-owned banks[]

Commercial banks[]

Defunct banks[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The world's 100 largest banks". www.spglobal.com.
  2. ^ "Banco Consorcio: Banca para personas y empresas en Chile". www.bancoconsorcio.cl.
  3. ^ "DNB in Chile - Banking the Norwegian way - DNB".
  4. ^ "Saint Vincent and The Grenadines | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank". www.eccb-centralbank.org. Retrieved 2021-11-17.

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