Argentina · Financial institution
Banco de la Nacion Argentina
Banco de la Nación Argentina (BNA) is an autarchic entity of the Argentine National State with budgetary and administrative autonomy. Its head office is in Buenos Aires. It is governed by its charter, Law 21,799, and by the Financial Entities Law, and the Argentine Nation guarantees its operations. The bank provides retail, SME, agricultural, corporate and foreign trade banking in Argentina, with branches in the United States, Spain, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- NACNARBAXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under NACNARBA directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 20 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1982-11-29
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
State-owned
100% Argentine National State (Estado Nacional)
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Banco Nación (BNA)
- Standing
- Decree 116/2025 of 20 February 2025 ordered the bank's conversion into Banco de la Nación Argentina Sociedad Anónima. The courts suspended the decree on 25 February 2025. The suspension was last extended on 10 March 2026 and confirmed on appeal on 17 July 2026. The bank remains an autarchic state entity.
- Ownership
- The bank is an autarchic entity of the Argentine National State, and its capital is not divided into shares.
- Direct parent
- Argentine National State (Estado Nacional), Argentina 100%
- Head office
- Bartolomé Mitre 326, C1036AAF Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Company register
- CUIT 30-50001091-2
- Name in the local language
- Banco de la Nación Argentina
Business lines
Under its charter, the bank's primary purpose is to finance micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, agriculture and foreign trade. Insurance, fund management and brokerage are carried out through subsidiaries.
Online
- Websites & references
- bna.com.ar ↗
prensa.bna.com.ar ↗ press releases
bnany.com ↗ New York branch website
bnamia.com ↗ Miami agency website
bna.com.es ↗ Madrid (Spain) branch website
bna.com.py ↗ Paraguay branch website
bnabr.com.br ↗ Brazil (São Paulo) branch website
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- bna.com.ar/
- bna.com.ar/Institucional/AutoridadesBNA
- bna.com.ar/Downloads/DIRECTORIO.pdf
- bna.com.ar/Institucional/ElBancoEnCifras
- bna.com.ar/Institucional/MemoriaYBalances
- bna.com.ar/institucional/BalancesTrimestrales
- bna.com.ar/Downloads/Institucional_BalancesTrimestrales_Banco%20Naci%C3%B3n%20consolidado%20y%20sepa
- bna.com.ar/Personas/OperacionesConElExterior
- boletinoficial.gov.ar/detalleAviso/primera/321482/20250220
- boletinoficial.gob.ar/detalleAviso/primera/344582/20260721
- argentina.gob.ar/noticias/cambios-en-el-directorio-de-banco-nacion
- infobae.com/economia/2025/12/23/oficializaron-a-wasserman-como-nuevo-presidente-del-banco-nacion-y-la
- bnamia.com/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_de_la_Naci%C3%B3n_Argentina
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chair
-
Darío Wasserman
Presidente (President of the Board)
- Chief executive
-
Norberto Gastón Álvarez
Gerente General (General Manager)
- Executive
-
Alejandro Guillermo Henke
Vicepresidente (Vice President)
- Executive
-
Carlos Balter
Vicepresidente 2° (Second Vice President)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Argentina
- Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (Banco Central de la República Argentina, BCRA), including its Superintendency of Financial and Exchange Institutions Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorForeign exchangeResolution
- Argentina
- National Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional de Valores, CNV) Securities
Recent events 2 enforcement or investigation items
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Enforcement
The BCRA fined the bank ARS 198.75 million for breaches of its profit-distribution rules, under a voluntary compliance agreement requiring procedural improvements.
bna.com.ar ↗ -
Other
The Federal Court of Appeals of La Plata confirmed the extension of the injunction suspending Decree 116/2025 on the bank's conversion into a sociedad anónima.
bna.com.ar ↗ -
Other
The bank issued its first local debt securities (Classes 1 to 3) under a USD 1.5 billion programme approved in March 2026.
bna.com.ar ↗ -
Investigation
The BCRA Superintendency withdrew all charges and closed foreign exchange proceedings No. 7610 against the bank and its officers.
bna.com.ar ↗ -
Leadership
The Executive accepted President Daniel Tillard's resignation and appointed Vice President Darío Wasserman as President by Decree 903/2025.
argentina.gob.ar ↗ -
Other
The Executive ordered the bank's conversion into a sociedad anónima by Decree 116/2025, and a federal court suspended the decree five days later.
boletinoficial.gov.ar ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- NACNARBAXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- NACNBank
- ARCountry · Argentina
- BALocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300CN35YG4W2KM746
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Argentina · Latin America & Caribbean
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Banco de la Nacion Argentina group has 9 institutions in the directory, in 8 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Banco Latino Americano de Comercio Exterior, S.A., Bladex, Inc..
See the Banco de la Nacion Argentina group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- BARTOLOME MITRE 326 FLOOR 5 BUENOS AIRES C1036AAF ARGENTINA
- Operational address
- BARTOLOME MITRE 326 BUENOS AIRES 1036 BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>NACNARBAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300CN35YG4W2KM746</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>NACNARBAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300CN35YG4W2KM746</LEI>
<Nm>BANCO DE LA NACION ARGENTINA</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BUENOS AIRES</TwnNm>
<Ctry>AR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>BARTOLOME MITRE 326 FLOOR 5 BUENOS AIRES C1036AAF</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Branch network
All 20 branch BICs connect to the head office. No city, function or registration year splits them into groups.
Hover over a branch or group to see its details
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NACNARBABAH | BAHIA BLANCA BRANCH | Bahia Blanca | CORONEL BRANDSEN 36 BAHIA BLANCA B8000IQB BAHIA BLANCA ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBACCL | CASA CENTRAL | Buenos Aires | BUENOS AIRES BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA | — | 2018-04-13 |
| NACNARBACON | CONCORDIA BRANCH | Concordia | CARLOS PELLEGRINI 651 CONCORDIA E3200AMK CONCORDIA ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBACOR | CORDOBA BRANCH | Cordoba | SAN JERONIMO 30 CORDOBA X5000AGB CORDOBA ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBACTS | CORRIENTES BRANCH | Corrientes | 9 DE JULIO 1298 CORRIENTES W3400AYV CORRIENTES ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBAMEN | MENDOZA BRANCH | Mendoza | NECOCHEA 101 MENDOZA M5500GLC MENDOZA ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBAMPL | MAR DEL PLATA BRANCH | Mar Del Plata | GRAL. SAN MARTIN 2594 MAR DEL PLATA B7600GQJ MAR DEL PLATA ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBANEU | NEUQUEN BRANCH | Neuquen | AV ARGENTINA 82 NEUQUEN Q8300AYN NEUQUEN ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBAPER | PERGAMINO BRANCH | Pergamino | SAN NICOLAS 720 PERGAMINO B2700LAP PERGAMINO ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBAPOS | POSADAS BRANCH | Posadas | BOLIVAR 1799 POSADAS N3300AHK POSADAS ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBARAF | RAFAELA BRANCH | Rafaela | SAN MARTIN 175 RAFAELA S2300KSC RAFAELA ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBARCU | RIO CUARTO BRANCH | Rio Cuarto | SOBREMONTE 777 RIO CUARTO X5800AAO RIO CUARTO ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBAREC | RECONQUISTA BRANCH | Reconquista | SAN MARTIN 802 RECONQUISTA S3560GUR RECONQUISTA ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBAROS | ROSARIO BRANCH | Rosario | CORDOBA 1026 ROSARIO S2000AWN ROSARIO ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBASAL | SALTA BRANCH | Salta | BARTOLOME MITRE 151 SALTA A4400EHC SALTA ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBASFE | SANTA FE BRANCH | Santa | GRAL. SAN MARTIN 2499 SANTA FE S3000FSA SANTA FE ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBASJU | SAN JUAN BRANCH | San Juan | AV. RIOJA 210 SAN JUAN SAN JUAN ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBASMT | SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN BRANCH | San Miguel De Tucuman | GRAL. SAN MARTIN 690 SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN T4000CVN SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBASRA | SAN RAFAEL BRANCH | San Rafael | AVDA. HIPOLITO YRIGOYEN 113 SAN RAFAEL M5602HBB SAN RAFAEL ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
| NACNARBAVMA | VILLA MARIA BRANCH | Villa Maria | SANTA FE 1101 VILLA MARIA X5900DTC VILLA MARIA ARGENTINA | — | 2023-08-05 |
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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