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Banif Financial Group

Banif – SGPS, S.A.
Sociedade Anónima
Traded as EuronextBNF
Industry Financial services
Founded 1988
Founder Horácio Roque
Headquarters Funchal, Portugal
Key people
Jorge Tomé (CEO), Luís Amado (Chairman)
Products Retail and investment banking, insurance, asset management, private equity, factoring
Revenue €552.5 million (2010)
€58.1 million (2010)
Profit €33.4 million (2010)
Total assets €15.71 billion (end 2010)
Total equity €1.279 billion (end 2010)
Number of employees
5,400 (end 2010)
Website www.grupobanif.pt

Banif Financial Group (Portuguese: Banif - Grupo Financeiro) was a state-owned Portuguese international financial services group associated with the Banco Internacional do Funchal. In December 2015 Banco Santander Totta, a subsidiary of Santander Group agreed to buy lending operations of Portugal’s Banif-Banco Internacional do Funchal SA for 150 million euros. The company has a presence in Europe, South America, North America, Africa and Asia.

Banif was founded and incorporated by Horácio Roque on 15 January 1988 and took over all of the assets and liabilities of the defunct Caixa Económica do Funchal. In 1995, it opened offices in Caracas, Venezuela and South Africa; in 1996 in São Paulo, Brazil; and in 2008 in San Ġiljan, Malta. Due to the Portuguese sovereign debt and banking crisis, Banif was one among a number of Portuguese banks which were nationalized in order to be rescued by the government.

Banif consists of the following subsidiaries, most of which have either been incorporated or purchased:

In March 1992, Banif first appeared on the Lisbon and Porto .

In 2002, Banif Securities acquired the Brazilian brokerage firm Indusval, giving them a place on the floor of the .


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