Brazil
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.
Merged or defunct banks
- Banco Alfa; acquired by Banco Safra
- Banco Bamerindus; acquired by HSBC Bank (Brazil), now Banco Bradesco
- Banco Bandeirantes; acquired by Caixa Geral de Depósitos, later merged with Unibanco, now Banco Itaú
- BankBoston Brasil; Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Itaú
- Banorte; acquired by Banco Bandeirantes, later merged with Unibanco, now Banco Itaú
- BBVA Brasil; Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Bradesco
- Banco Boavista; acquired by Banco Bradesco
- Citibank Brasil; Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Itaú
- Banco Credireal; acquired by BCN, now Banco Bradesco
- Banco de Crédito Nacional (BCN); acquired by Banco Bradesco
- Banco Econômico; merged with Banco Excel, later acquired by BBVA Brasil, now Banco Bradesco
- Banco do Estado do Amazonas (BEA); acquired by Banco Bradesco
- Banco do Estado da Bahia (Baneb); acquired by Banco Bradesco
- Banco do Estado do Ceará (BEC); acquired by Banco Bradesco
- Banco do Estado de Goiás (BEG); acquired by Banco Itaú
- Banco do Estado do Maranhão (BEM); acquired by Banco Bradesco
- Banco do Estado de Minas Gerais (Bemge); acquired by Banco Itaú
- Banco do Estado da Paraíba (Paraiban); acquired by Banco Real, now Santander Brasil
- Banco do Estado do Paraná (Banestado); acquired by Banco Itaú
- Banco do Estado de Pernambuco (Bandepe); acquired by Banco Real, now Santander Brasil
- Banco do Estado do Piauí (BEP); acquired by Banco do Brasil
- Banco do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Banerj); acquired by Banco Itaú
- Banco do Estado de Santa Catarina (BESC); acquired by Banco do Brasil
- Banco do Estado de São Paulo (Banespa); acquired by Santander Brasil
- HSBC Bank (Brazil); Brazilian operations acquired by Banco Bradesco
- Banco Mercantil Finasa; acquired by Banco Bradesco
- Banco Meridional; acquired by Banco Bozano Simonsen, later merged with Santander Brasil
- Banco Nacional; acquired by Unibanco, now Banco Itaú
- Banco Noroeste; acquired by Santander Brasil
- Banco Nossa Caixa; acquired by Banco do Brasil
- Banco Real; formerly owned by ABN AMRO, later merged with Santander Brasil
- Banco Sudameris; acquired by Banco Real, now Santander Brasil
- Unibanco; merged with Banco Itaú
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