Who owns BancoSeguro?
BancoSeguro is owned by PagBank (Brazil, NYSE: PAGS), which has owned the brand since 2019.[1]
Evidence: PagSeguro Digital Ltd. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-29, SEC EDGAR, 29 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- PagSeguro Digital Ltd. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇧🇷 Brazil, São Paulo
- Origin
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Banks › Retail & commercial banks
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: PAGS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About BancoSeguro
BancoSeguro is the multi-purpose bank in the PagBank group, formerly BBN Banco Brasileiro de Negócios, which the group bought in January 2019 and renamed in February 2019 through its holding company BS Holding. It holds commercial and investment bank portfolios and a licence to perform banking operations, and was authorised to operate in the foreign exchange market on 14 December 2021.
How often PagBank names BancoSeguro in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of BancoSeguro
Where BancoSeguro sits in PagBank
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by PagBank
PagBank controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in finance & insurance.
Also in finance & insurance
Other brands in retail & commercial banks, and who owns them
The 18 brands in retail & commercial banks on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is Grupo Cibest, with 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Banco Agrícola | Grupo Cibest | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Banco de Crédito del Perú | Credicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Banco Macro | Banco Macro | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Banco Galicia | Grupo Galicia | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Banco Supervielle | Grupo Supervielle | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Hang Seng Bank | HSBC | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Interbank | IFS | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| MUFG Bank | MUFG | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: PagBank
PagBank is a publicly listed company headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2006. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: PAGS.
PagSeguro Digital is a Cayman Islands holding company that trades as PagBank and runs its business from São Paulo. Its 20-F for the year to 31 December 2025 says the business was created in 2006 under the PagSeguro brand, serves over 34 million clients and 6.3 million active merchants, and launched digital banking in 2019. UOL, which holds all its Class B shares, is its controlling shareholder.
🇧🇷 BancoSeguro and other Brazilian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 177 brands that began in Brazil. 32 of them (18%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; BancoSeguro is not one of them.
- Nu Investimentos — Nu Holdings 🇧🇷
- Pagar.me — StoneCo 🇧🇷
- Vivo Pay — Telefônica Brasil 🇧🇷
- Adria — M. Dias Branco 🇧🇷
- Aena Brasil — Aena 🇪🇸
- Alexandre Birman — Azzas 2154 🇧🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of BancoSeguro?
The parent company of BancoSeguro is PagBank, a publicly listed company headquartered in Brazil.
Is BancoSeguro Brazilian?
Yes. BancoSeguro originated in Brazil and its owner, PagBank, is also headquartered in Brazil.
Since when has PagBank owned BancoSeguro?
PagBank has owned BancoSeguro since 2019.
Is BancoSeguro still owned by PagBank?
Yes. As of 17 October 2026, BancoSeguro is still owned by PagBank. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] PagSeguro Digital Ltd. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-29 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 29 April 2026; retrieved 17 October 2026.
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