Banco Santander Argentina

Banco Santander S.A.
FormerlyBanco Rio de la Plata, Banco Santander Río
Company typeSociedad Anónima
Founded1968 (1968) as "Banco Río"
HeadquartersBartolomé Mitre 480
Buenos Aires
Area served
Argentina
Key people
Alejandro Butti, Chairman and CEO
Guillermo Tempesta, Vice-President
Gabriel Ribisich, CFO
ProductsRetail banking
Offshore banking
Mutual funds
Trade finance
Insurance
Mortgages
Consumer finance
Credit cards
Revenue US$ 1.3 billion (2012)
US$ 427 million (2012)
Total assets US$ 11.6 billion (12/2012)
Number of employees
6,485 (8/2012)
ParentSantander Group
Websitewww.santander.com.ar

Banco Santander Argentina (formerly Banco Río de la Plata and then Banco Santander Río) is a commercial bank and financial services company and affiliate of the Santander, Cantabria (Spain) based Santander Group. Based in Buenos Aires, its banking operations are the third largest in Argentina, as well as the largest among all privately owned banks in the country.

The bank has 430 branches, 3.5million clients and more than 8,500 employees.