Grupo Financiero Banamex is the leading financial group in Mexico. Grupo is the owner of Banco Nacional de México (Banamex). Following a universal banking strategy, the Group offers a variety of financial services to individuals and corporations, including commercial and investment banking, insurance, and investment management. Banamex has an extensive distribution networks of almost 1,662 branches, 5,787 ATM's and more than 4,200 correspondent banks located throughout the country (as of December 31, 2010).
The Banamex Financial Group was purchased by Citigroup in August 2001 for $12.5 billion. The Group continues to operate as a Citigroup subsidiary. Today Banamex is a part of the world's leading financial services company, which has 200 million account holders in more than 100 countries.
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Banamex :: Press Releases
13.03.2011 Group recorded net earnings of $22.178 billion pesos (approx. $1.8 billion) in the full year 2010 (up 18%) and $5.077 billion pesos for the fourth quarter 2010.
Financial News
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Three Swiss bankers indicted by U.S. in tax crackdown - 09.01.2012 U.S. authorities are moving toward taking legal action against Wegelin & Co., which could lead to an indictment of one of Switzerland's last pure private banks, on charges that it enabled wealthy Americans to evade taxes, according to two persons with knowledge of the case. Source: Reuters
Islamic finance assets to hit US$ 1.1 trillion in 2012 - 22.11.2011 Islamic finance assets around the world are expected to climb 33% from their 2010 levels to $1.1 trillion by the end of 2012, boosted by the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings and dissatisfaction with conventional finance in the wake of the global debt crisis, consultants Ernst & Young said in a report on Tuesday. Source: Reuters
Spanish bank ratings downgraded by Fitch and S&P - 12.10.2011 Two leading credit rating agencies have downgraded some of Spain's largest banks, citing a deteriorating outlook for the Spanish economy. Source: BBC News
Spotlight on Islamic Retail Banking – strategies for fast growing industry - 07.10.2011 Islamic Banking is young but fast growing industry what brings challenges as need for standardization, expanding at the market, lack of public awareness about Islamic Banking (misinterpretation) and limited resources of qualified people in this particular industry. Source: Fleming Gulf
JBIC inks $43bn credit line pact with Japan banks - 05.10.2011 The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) said Wednesday that it has signed separate pacts with three major Japanese banks to give them a combined $43 billion, or Y3.3 trillion, credit line, as part of the government's steps to encourage companies to go ahead with M&As overseas. Source: Nikkei
Grupo Financiero Banamex is the leading financial group in Mexico. Grupo is the owner of Banco Nacional de México (Banamex). Following a universal banking strategy, the Group offers a variety of financial services to individuals and corporations, including commercial and investment banking, insurance, and investment management. Banamex has an extensive distribution networks of almost 1,662 branches, 5,787 ATM's and more than 4,200 correspondent banks located throughout the country (as of December 31, 2010).
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