Argentina · Financial institution
Banco Santander Argentina S.A.
Legal name in the LEI recordBANCO SANTANDER ARGENTINA SOCIEDAD ANONIMA
Banco Santander Argentina S.A. is a sociedad anónima incorporated in Argentina. Its head office is at Av. Juan de Garay 151, Buenos Aires. Grupo Santander, headed by Banco Santander, S.A. of Spain, holds 99.82% of its share capital as the controlling group. The bank provides retail, SME, agribusiness, corporate and investment banking, wealth management, payments and foreign trade services. It is also registered with the Comisión Nacional de Valores as a settlement and clearing agent. It was formerly named Banco Río de la Plata and later Banco Santander Río.
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.
Regulatory status
FSB · global systemically important banks
2025 list
- G-SIB
- Santander
- Relation
- In a G-SIB groupGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
- Bucket
- 1 of 5 · extra capital buffer 1.0% of risk-weighted assets
- On the list since
- 2011
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BSCHARBAXXX 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 BSCHARBA 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
- 1 branch code
- BIC first registered
- 2001-03-03
- Last updated
- 2023-07-15
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Total assets
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Banco Santander, S.A.
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as Santander
- Standing
- The bank previously operated as Banco Santander Río S.A. It now trades as Santander Argentina.
- Ownership
- The controlling group, Grupo Santander, holds 99.82% of the share capital and minority shareholders hold 0.18%.
- Direct parent
- Banco Santander, S.A., Spain
- Major shareholder
- Grupo Santander (controlling group, held through Banco Santander, S.A. group companies) 99.82%
- Head office
- Av. Juan de Garay 151, C1063AAH Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Company register
- Inspección General de Justicia (IGJ) número correlativo 800678; CUIT 30-50000845-4
- Former names
- Banco Santander Río S.A. · Banco Río de la Plata S.A.
Business lines
According to its website, the bank serves more than 5.1 million customers, including more than 367,000 companies, through 308 branches in 22 provinces.
Online
- Websites & references
- santander.com.ar ↗
ayuda.santander.com.ar ↗ customer help centre
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- santander.com.ar/
- santander.com.ar/nosotros/accionistas
- santander.com.ar/nosotros
- santander.com.ar/empresas/comercio-exterior/instrucciones-recibir-fondos-exterior
- lanacion.com.ar/economia/segun-alejandro-butti-ceo-de-santander-argentina-la-mora-en-los-prestamos-bajara
- infobae.com/economia/2026/05/06/alejandro-butti-ceo-de-banco-santander-nuestra-sensacion-es-que-la-mo
- rankiapro.com/latam/noticias/banco-santander-argentina-anuncia-cambios-nuevo-cfo/
- lanacion.com.ar/economia/cambio-en-la-gerencia-del-banco-santander-nid08022024/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Santander_Argentina
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Alejandro Butti
CEO and Country Head
- Chair
- Guillermo Rubén Tempesta Leeds Presidente (Chair of the Board)
- Executive
- Gabriel Alonso Vicepresidente Primero (First Vice-Chair)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Argentina
- Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA), including the Superintendency of Financial and Exchange Institutions Central bankPrudential supervisorAML supervisorForeign exchangeConduct
- Argentina
- National Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional de Valores, CNV) Securities
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The shareholders' meeting renewed the board and appointed Ana Dorrego de Carlos as a director, subject to BCRA authorisation.
santander.com.ar ↗ -
Leadership
The bank appointed Agustín Mariani as CFO, succeeding Marcos Devoto, who became a director.
rankiapro.com ↗ -
Leadership
The bank appointed José Bandín head of Retail & Commercial Banking and Wealth Management & Insurance, replacing Silvia Tenazinha.
lanacion.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
- BSCHARBAXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BSCHBank
- ARCountry · Argentina
- BALocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 254900HVCNDRV3V50O70
- 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
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · Santander list of 2025
- 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
- Ultimate parent
- Banco Santander S.A. · Spain5493006QMFDDMYWIAM13 ↗
- FSB G-SIB list
- In a G-SIB group · Santander bucket 1 · 2025 listGLEIF records a G-SIB entity as this legal entity’s ultimate parent. The bucket applies to the group, and membership does not make this entity a bank.
The Banco Santander S.A. group has 97 institutions in the directory, in 36 countries: 88 hold a BIC and 9 do not.
Including Banco Santander S.A, Banco Santander Totta, SA, Banco Santander S.A, Banco Santander S.A, Banco Santander S.A. (France).
See the Banco Santander S.A. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- AV. JUAN DE GARAY 151 BUENOS AIRES 1063 ARGENTINA
- Operational address
- AV. JUAN DE GARAY 151 BUENOS AIRES 1063 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>BSCHARBAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>254900HVCNDRV3V50O70</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>BSCHARBAXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>254900HVCNDRV3V50O70</LEI>
<Nm>BANCO SANTANDER ARGENTINA S.A.</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>BUENOS AIRES</TwnNm>
<Ctry>AR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>AV. JUAN DE GARAY 151 BUENOS AIRES 1063</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
One branch BIC connects to the head office. The bank publishes 14 accounts at other banks, across 3 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
14 accounts at other banks, in 10 currencies, as the bank publishes them: santander.com.ar ↗
| Currency | Correspondent | BIC | Account | Purpose | Directory check |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | Standard Chartered - New York | — | — | receipt of incoming transfers | No BIC published |
| USD | Wells Fargo Bank - New York | — | — | receipt of incoming transfers | No BIC published |
| USD | Bank of America - New York | — | — | receipt of incoming transfers | No BIC published |
| EUR | Banco Santander - Madrid | — | — | receipt of incoming transfers | No BIC published |
| EUR | Unicredito Italiano SPA - Milan | — | — | receipt of incoming transfers | No BIC published |
| EUR | Commerzbank AG - Frankfurt | — | — | receipt of incoming transfers | No BIC published |
| GBP | Santander UK, PLC United Kingdom | ABBYGB2L | 1104961 | payment orders in other currencies | Matches the Swift directory |
| CHF | UBS AG Switzerland | UBSWCHZH80A | 02300000070125050000C | payment orders in other currencies | Matches the Swift directory |
| DKK | Danske Bank Denmark | DABADKKK | 3007510349 | payment orders in other currencies | Matches the Swift directory |
| CAD | Bank of Montreal Canada | BOFMCAM2 | 31691032467 | payment orders in other currencies | Matches the Swift directory |
| JPY | Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd Japan | BOTKJPJT | 653-0407283 | payment orders in other currencies | Directory name differs MUFG BANK, LTD. |
| SEK | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Sweden | ESSESESS | 52018516485 | payment orders in other currencies | Matches the Swift directory |
| NOK | DNB Bank ASA Norway | DNBANOKK | 7001.02.03560 | payment orders in other currencies | Matches the Swift directory |
| CNH | Santander Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR China | BSCHHKHH | 0029-600083-259 | payment orders in other currencies | Matches the Swift directory |
Page of instructions for receiving funds from abroad, with no date. The table for other currencies (8 rows) was fully extracted with BICs and account numbers. USD and EUR correspondents are named on the page, but their details are in linked PDFs that could not be retrieved. Those 6 rows are therefore listed without BICs or account numbers. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi name is shown as published and may be out of date. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSCHARBASSS | SECURITIES SERVICES SYSTEM | Buenos Aires | BUENOS AIRES BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA | — | 2023-07-15 |
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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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