Colombia · Financial institution
Banco Gnb Sudameris S.A.
Banco GNB Sudameris S.A. is a Colombian sociedad anónima headquartered in Bogotá. Gilex Holding S.A. holds 90.05% of its shares. Its holding company is the Panama-domiciled Grupo Financiero GNB S.A., and its beneficial owner is Jaime Gilinski Bacal. The bank describes itself as following a universal banking model with a strategic focus on commercial and personal banking. It was formed in 2005 when Banco Sudameris merged with Banco Tequendama. It added Banco GNB Perú and Banco GNB Paraguay as foreign subsidiaries in 2013, after acquiring HSBC's operations there.
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
- BSUDCOBBXXX 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 BSUDCOBB 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
- 6 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1987-11-16
- Last updated
- 2026-07-18
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Group subsidiary
90.05% Gilex Holding S.A.
Institution type
Commercial bank
Trades as Banco GNB Sudameris
- Ownership
- Gilex Holding S.A. holds 90.05% of the bank and is itself owned 58.22% by Grupo Financiero GNB S.A. and 41.78% by Starmites Corporation S.A. Jaime Gilinski Bacal is the beneficial owner of 99.79%.
- Direct parent
- Gilex Holding S.A., Panama 90.05%
- Ultimate owner
- Jaime Gilinski Bacal (beneficial owner, through Grupo Financiero GNB S.A. and Starmites Corporation S.A.)
- Head office
- Carrera 7 No. 75-85, 110221 Bogotá, Colombia
- Former names
- Banco Sudameris Colombia · Banco Francés e Italiano de Colombia
Business lines
The bank describes its model as universal banking with a focus on commercial and personal banking. Payroll-deduction consumer lending (libranza) and pension accounts are central to its retail offer.
Online
- Websites & references
- gnbsudameris.com.co ↗
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- gnbsudameris.com.co/
- gnbsudameris.com.co/quienes-somos
- gnbsudameris.com.co/atencion-a-inversionistas
- gnbsudameris.com.co/Content/files/docs/informe-gobierno-corporativo-2025.pdf
- gnbsudameris.com.co/Content/files/docs/Informacion-Relevante-30-de-marzo-de-2026.pdf
- gnbsudameris.com.co/Content/files/docs/EEFF-Consolidado-Jun-2026.pdf
- larepublica.co/finanzas/ricardo-diaz-romero-asumira-como-presidente-encargado-del-banco-gnb-sudameris-38
- larepublica.co/finanzas/en-2025-el-gnb-sudameris-de-gilinski-fue-el-segundo-banco-con-mayores-utilidades
- bancognb.com.pe/inicio/banco-gnb-peru/directores
- es.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNB_Sudameris
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Ricardo Díaz Romero Presidente (President and legal representative)
- Chair
- Jaime Gilinski Bacal Presidente de la Junta Directiva (Chair of the Board)
- Executive
- Luis Eduardo Nieto Jaramillo Vicepresidente de la Junta Directiva (Vice-Chair of the Board)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Colombia
- Financial Superintendency of Colombia (Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia) Prudential supervisorConductSecuritiesAML supervisor
- Colombia
- Bank of the Republic (Banco de la República) Central bankForeign exchange
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The general shareholders' meeting re-elected the five-member board for 2026 to 2027 and reappointed PwC Contadores y Auditores S.A.S. as statutory auditor.
gnbsudameris.com.co ↗ -
Leadership
An extraordinary shareholders' meeting reconstituted the board and appointed Luis Antonio Coy Villaveces in place of Gabriel Gilinski.
gnbsudameris.com.co ↗ -
Leadership
The bank reported the resignation of President Camilo Verástegui and the board appointed Ricardo Díaz Romero as acting President.
larepublica.co ↗
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
- BSUDCOBBXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BSUDBank
- COCountry · Colombia
- BBLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 549300SO7QUETMQD9D84
- 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
- Colombia · 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
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Addresses
- Registered address
- CR 7 NO. 75 - 85 BOGOTA COLOMBIA
- Operational address
- CR 7 NO. 75 - 85/87 BOGOTA 110231 BOGOTA POB 3440 COLOMBIA
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>BSUDCOBBXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300SO7QUETMQD9D84</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>BSUDCOBBXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>549300SO7QUETMQD9D84</LEI>
<Nm>BANCO GNB SUDAMERIS S.A.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BOGOTA</TwnNm>
<Ctry>CO</Ctry>
<AdrLine>CR 7 NO. 75 - 85 BOGOTA</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 6 branch BICs connect to the head office. No city, function or registration year splits them into groups.
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Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSUDCOBBBAQ | — | Barranquilla | BARRANQUILLA BARRANQUILLA COLOMBIA | — | 2026-07-18 |
| BSUDCOBBBGA | — | Bucaramanga | BUCARAMANGA BUCARAMANGA COLOMBIA | — | 2026-07-18 |
| BSUDCOBBCL1 | — | Cali | CALI CALI COLOMBIA | — | 2026-07-18 |
| BSUDCOBBCTG | — | Cartagena | CARTAGENA CARTAGENA COLOMBIA | — | 2026-07-18 |
| BSUDCOBBMD1 | — | Medellin | MEDELLIN MEDELLIN COLOMBIA | — | 2026-07-18 |
| BSUDCOBBMZ1 | — | Manizales | MANIZALES MANIZALES COLOMBIA | — | 2026-07-18 |
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