List of banks in the Americas

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This is a list of the banks in the Americas.

Argentina

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Bahamas

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Barbados

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Belize

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Central bank

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Development bank

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Major privately owned banks

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  • Belize Bank Ltd.
  • Heritage Bank Limited
  • Atlantic Bank Limited

Bermuda

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Bolivia

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Central bank

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Law-recognized state banks

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Second-floor banks

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  • Banco de Desarrollo Productivo

Multiple banks

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Small and Medium Enterprise-focused Banks

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Foreign banks

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Defunct banks

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  • Banco Agrícola de Bolivia
  • Banco Boliviano Americano
  • Banco de Credito Oruro
  • Banco de Cochabamba
  • Banco de Financiamiento Industrial
  • Banco de La Paz
  • Banco de la Vivienda
  • Banco de Potosí
  • Banco de San Carlos
  • Banco del Progreso
  • Banco Fassil [es]
  • Banco Intenacional de Desarrollo
  • Banco Minero de Bolivia
  • Banco PyME Los Andes ProCredit
  • Banco Santa Cruz
  • Banco Sur
  • BHN Multibanco
  • Citibank

Brazil

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The banking sector in Brazil is one of the largest in Latin America, with total assets exceeding R$17 trillion as of 2025. The market is highly concentrated, with the five largest banks — Banco do Brasil, Caixa Econômica Federal, Itaú Unibanco, Bradesco, and Santander Brasil — accounting for more than half of total banking assets.[1]

Central bank

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Development banks

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Major commercial banks

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Government-owned banks

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Private-owned banks

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Other commercial banks

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Government-owned banks

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Private-owned banks

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Online banks

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Cooperative banks

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Investment banks

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Merged or defunct banks

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Canada

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Chile

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Central bank

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Government-owned banks

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Commercial banks

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Enterprise banks

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  • Citibank Chile

Foreign banks with representation

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Merged or defunct banks

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Commercial banks

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Enterprise banks

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Colombia

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Costa Rica

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Central bank

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Government-owned banks

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Commercial banks

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Defunct banks

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Cuba

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Central bank

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Commercial banks

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  • Banco de Crédito y Comercio
  • Banco de Inversiones
  • Banco Exterior de Cuba
  • Banco Financiero Internacional
  • Banco Industrial de Venezuela-Cuba
  • Banco Internacional de Comercio
  • Banco Metropolitano
  • Banco Nacional de Cuba
  • Banco Popular de Ahorro [es]

Dominica

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Commercial banks

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Branches of foreign banks

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Foreign-owned banks

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Offshore banks

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Dominican Republic

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Ecuador

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El Salvador

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Grenada

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Commercial banks

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Branches of foreign banks

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Foreign-owned banks

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Guatemala

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Guyana

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Central Bank

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Commercial banks

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Foreign-owned banks

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Honduras

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Jamaica

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Central bank

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Commercial banks

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Locally owned banks

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  • First Global Bank (Parent -Grace Kennedy)
  • National Commercial Bank (NCB)
  • Jamaica Money Market Brokers (JMMB)
  • Sagicor Bank

Subsidiary/branch of foreign entity

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  • The Bank of Nova Scotia (Parent - Scotia Bank)
  • Citibank Jamaica (Parent - Citibank)
  • CIBC Caribbean (Parent - CIBC)
  • National Commercial of Jamaica (Parent -Portland Holdings)

Merchant banks

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Locally owned banks

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  • Cornerstone Trust & Merchant Bank

Subsidiary/branch of foreign entity

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  • Scotia Investments (Parent -The Bank of Nova Scotia)

Mexico

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Nicaragua

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Central bank

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Commercial banks

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Panama

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Government-owned banks

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Commercial local banks

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Foreign-owned banks

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Paraguay

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Central bank

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Commercial banks

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Defunct banks

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  • Banco Regional
  • Visión Banco

Peru

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Central bank

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Government-owned banks

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Commercial banks

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Development banks

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Defunct banks

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Saint Lucia

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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Suriname

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Central bank

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Commercial banks

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  • De Surinaamsche Bank
  • Hakrinbank
  • Surinaamse Volkscredietbank
  • Surinaamse Postspaarbank
  • Landbouwbank
  • Surichangebank
  • Finabank
  • Cooperatieve spaar- en kredietbank Godo

Foreign-owned banks

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Trinidad and Tobago

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Central Bank

Other Banks

United States

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Uruguay

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Venezuela

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Largest banks in the Americas

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The 20 largest banks in the Americas by total assets, as of 2023.[21]

Rank Bank name Country Total assets
(billions of US$)
1 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  United States $3,875.39
2 Bank of America  United States $3,180.15
3 Citigroup Inc.  United States $2,200.83
4 Wells Fargo & Co.  United States $1,932.47
5 Goldman Sachs  United States $1,641.59
6 Royal Bank of Canada  Canada $1,566.41
7 Toronto-Dominion Bank  Canada $1,428.29
8 Morgan Stanley  United States $1,193.69
9 Scotiabank  Canada $1,041.11
10 Bank of Montreal  Canada $990.19
11 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce  Canada $726.27
12 U.S. Bancorp  United States $663.49
13 Capital One  United States $629.99
14 PNC Financial Services  United States $561.58
15 Banco Itaú  Brazil $555.72
16 Truist Financial Corp  United States $535.35
17 Charles Schwab Corporation  United States $493.18
18 Banco do Brasil  Brazil $447.72
19 BNY Mellon  United States $409.88
20 Banco Bradesco  Brazil $394.76

See also

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References

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  1. "Bancos no Brasil – visão geral 2026". creditosbrasil.com. 2026-04-18. Retrieved 2026-04-27.
  2. Vera, Vicente (2022-03-10). "Itaú Unibanco se prepara para salida de CorpGroup y busca evitar una OPA sobre el banco en Chile". Diario Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  3. "Bank of Nova Scotia llega a acuerdo con Grupo Said para comprar la totalidad de acciones de Scotiabank Chile". Diario Financiero (in Spanish). 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  4. Arenas, Vanessa (2022-04-06). "Tenpo: el camino del neobanco que llegó a Chile para expandirse en plena pandemia". Forbes Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  5. Arenas, Vanessa (2025-12-22). "Tenpo: el camino del neobanco que llegó a Chile para expandirse en plena pandemia". Comparador financiero de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-22.
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  9. "Fusión entre Scotiabank y Banco del Desarrollo registra 70% de avance". Diario Financiero (in Spanish). 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  10. "Banco Santiago (1997). Se concede autorización para fusión con Banco Santander-Chile". CMF (in Spanish). 2002-05-16. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
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  13. Catrón, Jimena (2015-07-08). "Banco Penta cierra venta con el Banco de Chile e informa operación a SBIF". Diario Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  14. Keller, Nicole (2006-05-03). "Banco Itaú dice que la compra del Boston en Chile está "99% segura"". Economía y Negocios (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  15. "BCorpBanca y Banco Itaú Chile concretan su fusión definitiva". T13 (in Spanish). 2006-05-03. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  16. "Banco de Chile y HSBC se fusionan en Chile". El Economista (in Spanish). 2007-07-20. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  17. "Financista acuícola-pesquero: Rabobank deja de ser banco en Chile". Aqua (in Spanish). 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  18. Vera, Vicente (2020-09-22). "Las huellas que dejó el Deutsche Bank en su paso por Chile". Diario Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-10-28.
  19. Pasternak, Sean (October 20, 2011). "Scotiabank Buys Colpatria in Biggest International Purchase". Bloomberg Markets. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  20. "Saint Vincent and The Grenadines | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank". www.eccb-centralbank.org. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  21. Jimenea, Adrian; Wu, John; Terris, Harry (30 April 2024). "The world's largest banks by assets, 2024". spglobal.com. S&P Global Market Intelligence. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
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