What is Banco Galicia?
'''Banco Galicia''' is a private bank of [[Argentina]]. It belongs to the '''Grupo Financiero Galicia'''. It was founded in 1905 as Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires, and traditionally its Board of Directors was made up of members of the Escasany, Ayerza and Braun Menéndez families. Its shares began trading on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange in 1907. {{Infobox company | name = Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A.U. | logo = Banco-Galicia Logo 2024.png | logo_size = 270px | logo_caption = Galicia Tower | image = Torre_Galicia.jpg | type = [[S.A. (corporation)|Sociedad Anónima]] | traded_as = | foundation = {{Start date and age|1905}} | founder = | location = [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] | key_people = Sergio Grinenco, <small>([[Chairman]])</small> | owner = Galicia Financial Group (100%) | num_employees = 6.118 | industry = [[Financial services|Finance and Insurance]] | products = [[Bank]]ing | services = Banking | revenue = | net_income = | assets = | parent = Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. | subsid = 326 | homepage = [https://www.galicia.ar/personas galicia.ar] }} ==History== [[File:Sede Plaza Galicia.jpg|alt= |thumb|Galicia Plaza, in La [[Chacarita (Buenos Aires)|Chacarita]], [[Buenos Aires]].]] Banco Galicia was founded in 1905 by a group of businessmen from the Galician community in [[Argentina]], and in 1907 its shares began trading on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. In 2000, Grupo Financiero Galicia was created and became the controlling company of the Bank, acquiring 100% of its shares in 2014. The commercial network grew significantly at the end of the 1950s and continued to expand to the 326 branches it has today, developing its potential and earning its reputation as an innovative bank, currently considered a leader and reference within the national banking industry. In the late 1950s, Banco Galicia launched the capital investment fund FIMA Acciones and founded the predecessor of the asset manager Galicia Asset Managment. As part of its growth strategy, Banco Galicia began to expand into rural