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Grupo Financiero Galicia is a financial services holding company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and its banking operations are the fifth largest in the country. It was founded in 1905 by a Galician immigrant and has diversified into insurance, investments, mortgages, consumer finance and more.
Abanca is a bank that operates in Galicia, Asturias, León and other regions of Spain and Portugal. It was created in 2011 from the bankisation of Novacaixagalicia and has been acquired by Banesco, a Venezuelan-owned bank.
It was created following the forced merger of the two major savings banks in the region, Caixa Galicia and Caixanova. This new caixa for Galicia became the fourth-largest in Spain with consolidated assets valued at €78.1 billion, [1] and fourth-largest in terms of savings accounts, with €108.4 billion - 6% of Spanish savings banks. [2]
A historical region and crownland of the Habsburg monarchy in Eastern Europe, established in 1772 from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The name "Galicia" is a Latinized form of Halych, a medieval principality of Kievan Rus', and "Lodomeria" is a Latinized form of Vladimir, a 10th-century city.
The family-owned bank was the oldest in the Spanish financial system, and the 11th oldest surviving bank in the world, older by over half a century than the Bank of Spain itself. It was founded in Betanzos, A Coruña in 1717 by Juan Etcheverry (née Jean d’Etcheverry), a French businessman and tannery owner who had settled in Galicia.
Learn about the history and characteristics of caja de ahorros, a type of financial institution in Spain that specializes in savings and loans. Find out how they evolved from the French model, competed with commercial banks, and faced the global financial crisis.
Learn how to do nine exercises that can help ease sciatica nerve pain by stretching the glutes, hips, and hamstrings. See pictures, instructions, and tips for each stretch.
Caixa Rural Galega is a Galician cooperative bank founded in 1966 in Lugo. It is the only locally owned financial institution in Galicia and part of Caja Rural group, a network of cooperative banks in Spain.