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Banco BICE
Banco BICE (Banco Industrial y de Comercio Exterior) is a Chilean bank. It was founded in 1979, is based in Santiago, and is controlled by the Matte family The Matte family is a rich, powerful and influential Chilean family of Catalan people, Catalan origin. According to ''Forbes'' magazine, their wealth amounts to US$2.7 billion (2007). Family origins The Matte family's rise to power began in the .... Bernardo Matte is the president. The CEO is Alberto Schilling Redlich. In 2013, Banco BICE received a US$75 million loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to fund long-term renewable energy projects. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Banco BICE Banks of Chile Banks established in 1979 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matte Family
The Matte family is a rich, powerful and influential Chilean family of Catalan people, Catalan origin. According to ''Forbes'' magazine, their wealth amounts to US$2.7 billion (2007). Family origins The Matte family's rise to power began in the 19th century when Francisco Javier Matte and his wife opened a textile store in downtown Santiago. In 1855 their son Domingo (who fathered 16 children) opened a bank in Valparaíso with two of his sons, Augusto and Eduardo. Prominent members *Claudio Matte: created the Matte syllabary and was Rector (academia), rector of the University of Chile *Augusto Matte: lawyer, diplomat, deputy and senator; also Finance Minister and Justice Minister *Luis Matte Larraín *Eugenio Matte, Eugenio Matte Hurtado *Arturo Matte, Arturo Matte Alessandri *Luis Matte Valdés: minister under Salvador Allende *Eliodoro Matte Ossa: owner of the ''Compañía Manufacturera de Papeles y Cartones'' paper mill (''La Papelera'') who famously protested President Allen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernardo Matte
Bernardo Matte Larraín (born 1954/1955) is a Chilean billionaire businessman, and a major shareholder in the Chilean forestry and paper company CMPC, founded by his father. Matter earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Chile. He is chairman of Colbún S.A., Chile’s third-largest energy producer. As of March 2019, ''Forbes'' estimated his net worth at US$1.0 billion. He has three children: Bernardo Matte Izquierdo, Sofía Matte Izquierdo, and Francisco Matte Izquierdo. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Matte, Bernardo 1955 births Living people Chilean businesspeople Chilean billionaires Bernardo Bernardo is a given name and less frequently an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish surname. Possibly from the Germanic "Bernhard". Given name People * Bernardo the Japanese (died 1557), early Japanese Christian convert and disciple of Saint Fra ... University of Chile alumni Chilean manufacturing businesspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Finance Corporation
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries. The IFC is a member of the World Bank Group and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It was established in 1956, as the private-sector arm of the World Bank Group, to advance economic development by investing in for-profit and commercial projects for poverty reduction and promoting development. The IFC's stated aim is to create opportunities for people to escape poverty and achieve better living standards by mobilizing financial resources for private enterprise, promoting accessible and competitive markets, supporting businesses and other private-sector entities, and creating jobs and delivering necessary services to those who are poverty stricken or otherwise vulnerable. Since 2009, the IFC has focused on a set of development goals t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banks Of Chile
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Because banks play an important role in financial stability and the economy of a country, most jurisdictions exercise a high degree of regulation over banks. Most countries have institutionalized a system known as fractional reserve banking, under which banks hold liquid assets equal to only a portion of their current liabilities. In addition to other regulations intended to ensure liquidity, banks are generally subject to minimum capital requirements based on an international set of capital standards, the Basel Accords. Banking in its modern sense evolved in the fourteenth century in the prosperous cities of Renaissance Italy but in many ways functioned as a continuation of ideas and concepts of credit and lending that had their roots in the anc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
