Bank of the City of Buenos Aires
The Bank of the City of Buenos Aires (Banco Ciudad de Buenos Aires), doing business as Banco Ciudad, is a publicly owned, municipal commercial bank in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded on May 23, 1878, under the name Monte de Piedad (Piety Mount), with the purpose of fighting usury in the city (mostly targeting the growing wave of immigration in Argentina) by giving loans at a below-market interest, in order to reduce social inequalities.
Basic Information
- Category: financial sector
- Website: https://www.bancociudad.com.ar/institucional/
Documented Facts
- Inception (Wikidata): 1878-05-23 (Source 2: Wikidata Q4856204, revision 2534653864)
- Industry (Wikidata; date unspecified): economics of banking; financial sector; financial services (Source 2: Wikidata Q4856204, revision 2534653864; Source 3: Wikidata label: Q57774188, revision 2546300586; Source 4: Wikidata label: Q806718, revision 2517858668; Source 5: Wikidata label: Q837171, revision 2541435843)
- Legal form (Wikidata; date unspecified): public enterprise (Source 2: Wikidata Q4856204, revision 2534653864; Source 6: Wikidata label: Q17990971, revision 2547375091)
- Country (Wikidata; date unspecified): Argentina (Source 2: Wikidata Q4856204, revision 2534653864; Source 7: Wikidata label: Q414, revision 2556709016)
Evidence and Sources
- Bank of the City of Buenos Aires — Wikipedia (reference)
- Wikidata Q4856204, revision 2534653864 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q57774188, revision 2546300586 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q806718, revision 2517858668 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q837171, revision 2541435843 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q17990971, revision 2547375091 (knowledge-base)
- Wikidata label: Q414, revision 2556709016 (knowledge-base)
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The Bank of the City of Buenos Aires (Banco Ciudad de Buenos Aires), doing business as Banco Ciudad, is a publicly owned, municipal commercial bank in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was founded on May 23, 1878, under the name Monte de Piedad (Piety Mount), with the purpose of fighting usury in the city (mostly targeting the growing wave of immigration in Argentina) by giving loans at a below-market interest, in order to reduce social inequalities.
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