Banco Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A. is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Osasco, in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is the third largest banking institution by assets in Brazil and Latin America. It is also one of fifty most valuable banks in the world. The bank is listed at the B3 in São Paulo, where it is part of the Índice Bovespa, in the New York Stock Exchange and in the Madrid Stock Exchange.
| Company type | Sociedade Anônima |
|---|---|
Traded as | B3: BBDC3, BBDC4 NYSE: BBD BMAD: XBBDC Ibovespa Component |
| ISIN | US0594603039 |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | March 10, 1943 in Marília, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Founder | Amador Aguiar |
| Headquarters | Osasco, , |
Number of locations | 5,314 branches |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Luiz Carlos Trabuco Cappi (Chairman), Alexandre da Silva Glüher (Vice Chairman), Marcelo de Araújo Noronha (CEO) |
| Products | Banking Investment banking Private equity Asset management Private banking Insurance Retail Banking |
| Services | |
| Revenue | US$ 40.0 billion (2023) |
Net income | US$ 3.3 billion (2023) |
| Total assets | US$ 407.7 billion (2023) |
Number of employees | 86,200 |
| Subsidiaries | Bradespar Bradesco Seguros |
| Rating | Ba3 (Moody's) BB+ (S&P) |
| Website | banco.bradesco |
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Its primary financial services revolve around commercial banking, offering Internet Banking, insurance, pension plans, annuities, credit card services (including football club affinity cards for fans) for customers, and savings bonds. The bank also provides personal and commercial loans, as well as leasing services. Bradesco is a pioneer in using the ATM biometric reading system in Brazil, which enables customers to be identified using the vascular pattern of their hands, serving as a complementary password, available at its 31,474 own ATMs and 5,549 ATMs of Banco24Horas, a Brazilian third-party ATM network.
Bradesco has 5,314 branches, 4,834 service branches and 38,430 banking correspondents. Bradesco customers can also use 34,859 automatic teller machines and 12,975 ATMs of the Banco24Horas. Internationally, Bradesco have one branch in New York, two branches 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 (BBVA), J.P. Morgan Fleming Asset Management, American Express and HSBC Brasil. Banco Bradesco grew its value by more than 50 percent compared with 2017.
Currently the bank is on the top 3 of the most valuable Brazilian brands.