Argentina · Financial institution
Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires is an autonomous state bank under the provincial public law of the Province of Buenos Aires, with its legal domicile in La Plata. It is governed by Provincial Law 9434/79 (its charter), the Financial Institutions Law 21.526 and BCRA regulations. According to its financial statements, its main activity is retail banking and it has branches abroad in São Paulo and Montevideo. Its subsidiaries operate in insurance, fund management, brokerage, leasing and trust services. The bank began operating in 1822. Law 15.562, published on 23 December 2025, amended its charter to enlarge the board and create a collegiate statutory audit body.
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
- PRBAARBAXXX 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 PRBAARBA directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- 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
- 3 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1982-11-29
- Last updated
- 2022-02-14
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Employees
Not published
Ownership
State-owned
Province of Buenos Aires (Provincia de Buenos Aires)
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Banco Provincia
- Standing
- The bank remains subject to a Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA) regularisation and restructuring plan approved by Resolution 277/18 under Article 34 of the Financial Institutions Law. The bank asked for the plan to be lifted in June 2024 and April 2025. According to its interim financial statements approved on 27 August 2026, the BCRA had not yet ruled.
- Ownership
- The bank is an autonomous state entity controlled by the Province of Buenos Aires, which under Article 14 of the charter guarantees its deposits and other obligations.
- Direct parent
- Province of Buenos Aires (Provincia de Buenos Aires), Argentina
- Head office
- San Martín 137, C1004AAC Buenos Aires, Argentina (registered office: Av. 7 (Ing. Luis Monteverde) Nº 726, (B1900TFS) La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- Company register
- CUIT 33-99924210-9
Business lines
According to its financial statements, retail banking is its main activity. The bank also serves companies, professionals, micro-entrepreneurs and the public sector, and acts as a depositary for mutual funds.
Online
- Websites & references
- bancoprovincia.com.ar ↗
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- bancoprovincia.com.ar/web/autoridades
- bancoprovincia.com.ar/web/autoridad_gerente_general
- bancoprovincia.com.ar/CDN/Get/EEFF_unificado_30062026
- bancoprovincia.com.ar/web/estados_financieros
- bancoprovincia.com.ar/CDN/Get/Instructivo_Transferencias_Personales
- bancoprovincia.com.ar/web/cs_redes_sociales
- bancoprovincia.com.ar
- lapoliticaonline.com/provincia/asumio-el-nuevo-directorio-del-banco-provincia-con-nuevo-formato-y-cinco-lugare
- museobancoprovincia.com/historia/presidentes/
- bancoprovincia.com.ar/CDN/Get/TD_BPBA_VII_VIII_Calificacion
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chair
- Juan M. Cuattromo Presidente (Chairman of the Board)
- Chief executive
- Sergio Ares Gerente General (General Manager)
- Executive
- Leandro Martínez Subgerente General de Finanzas (Deputy General Manager, Finance)
- Executive
- Carlos Julio Moreno Vicepresidente (Vice-Chairman)
- Executive
- Marcelo Casanovas Subgerente General de Asuntos Legales, Cumplimiento y Apoyo al Negocio (Deputy General Manager, Legal Affairs, Compliance and Business Support)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Argentina
- Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (Banco Central de la República Argentina) Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorForeign exchange
- Argentina
- National Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional de Valores) Securities
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The Governor of Buenos Aires formally appointed an enlarged board of nine directors, two statutory auditors and three associate directors, by Decree 15/2026.
lapoliticaonline.com ↗ -
Other
The Province of Buenos Aires published Law 15.562, which amended the bank's charter to change the board's composition and create a collegiate audit body.
bancoprovincia.com.ar ↗ -
Leadership
Sergio Ares became General Manager. He had served as Deputy General Manager from 2020 to 2025.
bancoprovincia.com.ar ↗ -
Other
The BCRA asked the bank for a methodology and a capital-impact estimate for its staff pension-fund payments under the regularisation plan.
bancoprovincia.com.ar ↗ -
Other
The Province of Buenos Aires published Law 15.514, which reformed the bank's staff pension fund and requires additional contributions from the bank.
bancoprovincia.com.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
- PRBAARBAXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- PRBABank
- ARCountry · Argentina
- BALocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 579100JDDBCKJJEJC067
- 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 Provincia De Buenos Aires group has 6 institutions in the directory, in 6 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Provincia Casa Financiera.
See the Banco De La Provincia De Buenos Aires group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- SAN MARTIN 137 SUBSUELO SECTOR C FLOOR 1 BUENOS AIRES C1004AAC ARGENTINA
- Operational address
- SAN MARTIN 137 BUENOS AIRES 1004 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>PRBAARBAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>579100JDDBCKJJEJC067</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>PRBAARBAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>579100JDDBCKJJEJC067</LEI>
<Nm>BANCO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BUENOS AIRES</TwnNm>
<Ctry>AR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>SAN MARTIN 137 SUBSUELO SECTOR C FLOOR 1 BUENOS AIRES C1004AAC</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
Branches and correspondent banking
All 3 branch BICs connect to the head office. No city, function or registration year splits them into groups. The bank publishes 4 accounts at other banks, across 2 regions.
- Own offices
- Correspondent banks: it holds accounts there
Hover over a branch, account or group to see its details
Correspondent accounts
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
4 accounts at other banks, in 2 currencies, for intermediary bank for incoming transfers, as the bank publishes them: bancoprovincia.com.ar ↗
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | Wells Fargo Bank, New York United States | PNBPUS3NNYC | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| USD | Deutsche Bank Trust, New York United States | BKTRUS33 | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt Germany | COBADEFF | — | Matches the Swift directory |
| EUR | Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt Germany | DEUTDEFF | — | Matches the Swift directory |
Customer PDF 'Transferencias personales' lists the intermediary correspondent banks for incoming USD and EUR transfers to PRBAARBAXXX. All 4 rows were extracted. No account numbers are published. The Wells Fargo BIC is printed as 'PNBPUS3N NYC' and is recorded here without the space. The document carries no date; its 200th-anniversary branding suggests it dates from about 2022, so it may be stale. No page listing correspondent accounts for financial institutions was found. Each correspondent BIC is checked against the Swift directory: a BIC missing from it, or registered to a differently named bank, may be a typo or out of date. Confirm settlement instructions with the bank before relying on them.
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRBAARBABAH | BAHIA BLANCA BRANCH | Bahia Blanca | BAHIA BLANCA BAHIA BLANCA ARGENTINA | — | 2018-04-13 |
| PRBAARBALPT | LA PLATA HOUSE | La Plata | LA PLATA LA PLATA ARGENTINA | — | 2018-04-13 |
| PRBAARBAMP1 | — | Mar Del Plata | SAN MARTIN 2563 MAR DEL PLATA 7600 MAR DEL PLATA ARGENTINA | — | 2018-04-13 |
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- 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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