Banpará

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Banco do Estado do Pará S.A.
FormerlyBanco do Estado do Pará (1959-1979)[1]
Company typeSociedade Anônima
B3BPAR3
IndustryBanking, Financial services
Founded30 November 1959; 64 years ago (30 November 1959)
HeadquartersBelém, Brazil
Area served
Pará
Key people
Ruth Mello (CEO)[2]
ProductsInvestment banking
Retail Banking
Credit cards
RevenueIncrease R$ 2.053 billion (2021)[3]
Decrease R$ 241.28 million (2021)[3]
Total assetsR$ 12.52 billion (2021)[3]
Websitewww.banpara.b.br
Banpará headquarters building.

Banpará is a Brazilian regional bank, founded in 1959 by the Pará state government.[1] Its primary activity is supporting the banking needs of the state government and its employees’.[4]

Controversies[edit]

The bank was the centerpoint of a 1984 scandal which saw over 10 million dollars siphoned away from its coffers into bank accounts controlled by the then-governor, Jader Barbalho, and his associates.[5][6] The accusation involved the CEO, a political ally of Barbalho, and the financial director, both banned from working in the financial sector for 10 and 3 years, respectively.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "History". ri.banpara.b.br. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  2. ^ "Estrutura Organizacional". ri.banpara.b.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  3. ^ a b c "Divulgação de Resultados". Banpará (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  4. ^ "Moody's affirms Banpará's ratings; outlook stable". Moodys.com. 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  5. ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Caso Banpará: Jader recebeu mais de 50% de desvio, aponta relatório - 24/06/2001". www1.folha.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  6. ^ "Procuradores pressionados a reabrir caso Banpará - Política". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  7. ^ "BC explica atuação no caso Banpará". politica.estadao.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-12.