Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer

BBVA Bancomer is a Mexican financial institution, and the largest in the country, dominating about 20% of the market. Founded in 1932 as Banco de Comercio (Bancomer), since 2000 its main stockholder is the Spanish bank BBVA. Founded in 1932 in Mexico City as Banco de Comercio (English: Commerce Bank) (Bancomer). In 1982, Bancomer was nationalized when President José López Portillo nationalized the country’s banking system. In 1991, during the presidency of Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Bancomer was again privatized when a group of investors led by Eugenio Garza Lagüera bought the major stocks of the bank. In July 2000, Spanish Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria purchased Bancomer S.A. from BMO Financial Group, thus the BBVA in its name. This...