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Banco Occidental de Descuento

Banco Occidental de Descuento
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Industry Finance and Insurance
Founded 1957
Headquarters Maracaibo, Venezuela
Key people
Victor Vargas (Chairman) Jose Manuel Egui Medina (CEO)
Products Financial Services
Revenue IncreaseUS$ 1.55 Billion May (2014)
IncreaseUS$ 282.8 Million May (2014)
Total assets IncreaseUS$ 17.48 Billion May (2014)
Number of employees
6,993
Website www.bod.com.ve

Banco Occidental de Descuento (Western Discount Bank, BOD) is a Venezuelan bank. With around 6.6% of the Venezuelan market, it was Venezuela's fifth-largest bank in 2009.

The owner of BOD is the BOD Financial Group (Spanish: Grupo Financiero BOD), which is owned by Venezuelan businessman Victor Vargas. As of August 2015, the bank has nearly 6 million customers.

Western Discount Bank (BOD), as it is known today, came into being in 1957, in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The company has five core business areas: Private Banking, Corporate, Commercial, Oil & Gas, and Agricultural. Its Products include current and savings accounts, time deposits, checks, trusts, and commercial, agricultural, financing, auto financing, mortgage and industrial loans.

BOD Financial owns companies in three major market sectors: banking, capital markets, and insurance.


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