CCB Brasil former BicBanco is a middle size Brazilian Bank founded in 1938 in
Juazeiro do Norte
Juazeiro do Norte is a city in the state of Ceará state in northeastern Brazil. It is located 491 km south of the state capital Fortaleza in the semiarid sertão. The municipality has a population of 276,264 (2020 official estimate) and co ...
,
Ceará
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state by José Bezerra de Menezes and in 1948 Maria Amélia Bezerra de Menezes the matriarch of the family was the first woman in to be a Chairwoman of a bank in Brazil. Currently the company is headquartered in
Avenida Paulista
Paulista Avenue (Avenida Paulista in Portuguese, ''Paulista'' being the demonym for those born in the state of São Paulo) is one of the most important avenues in São Paulo, Brazil. It stretches and runs northwest to southeast. Its northwest ...
, in
São Paulo
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. In 2013 Bezerra de Menezes family sold all of its shares in BICBANCO (72%) to
China Construction Bank
The China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) is a Chinese partially state-owned Multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, China. It is one of the "Big four banks, big ...
.
CCB Brasil has 45 bank branches in Brazil and 1 in Cayman Island, through its bank branches the bank operates on credit operations to the Middle Market segment. Its services range includes loans, leasing, investment fund management, foreign exchange securities distribution and brokerage, among others.
External links
Official Website
References
Companies based in São Paulo
Banks of Brazil
China Construction Bank
Juazeiro do Norte
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