Who owns Macro Bank Limited?
Macro Bank Limited is owned by Banco Macro (Argentina, NYSE: BMA).[1]
Evidence: Banco Macro S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Banco Macro S.A. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇦🇷 Argentina, Buenos Aires
- Origin
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Banks › Retail & commercial banks
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: BMA BYMA: BMA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Macro Bank Limited
Macro Bank Limited is Banco Macro's subsidiary in the Bahamas, through which the group mainly provides private banking services. It is one of the controlled entities consolidated in the bank's financial statements and sits outside Argentina's domestic network of provincial branches.
How often Banco Macro names Macro Bank Limited 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 more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Macro Bank Limited
- Current owner Banco Macro [1] verified
Where Macro Bank Limited sits in Banco Macro
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Banco Macro
Banco Macro controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in finance & insurance.
Also in finance & insurance
- Argenpay
- Banco Macro (1985)
Other brands in retail & commercial banks, and who owns them
The 12 brands in retail & commercial banks on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is Credicorp, with 3; Banco Macro has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Banco de Crédito del Perú | Credicorp | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Banco Galicia | Grupo Galicia | 🇦🇷 Argentina |
| Hang Seng Bank | HSBC | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Interbank | IFS | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| MUFG Bank | MUFG | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| OM Bank | Old Mutual | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| FirstBank | PNC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Shinhan Bank | Shinhan | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Banco Macro
Banco Macro is a publicly listed company headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded in 1985. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: BMA and BYMA: BMA.
Banco Macro is a private Argentine bank that began as a non-bank financial institution in 1985 and received its commercial banking licence in 1988. Wholesale until 1994, it then turned to retail banking in provinces outside Buenos Aires and grew by buying provincial banks, among them Banco Misiones, Banco Salta, Banco Jujuy and in 2023 Banco Itaú Argentina, which was merged into it in November 2024.
🇧🇸 Macro Bank Limited and other Bahamian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 9 brands that began in the Bahamas. 2 of them (22%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Macro Bank Limited among them.
- Bahamasair — Bahamasair 🇧🇸
- Chef Direct — AML Foods 🇧🇸
- Resorts World Bimini — Genting 🇲🇾
- Cost Right — AML Foods 🇧🇸
- Eleuthera Markets — AML Foods 🇧🇸
- Exuma Markets — AML Foods 🇧🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Macro Bank Limited?
The parent company of Macro Bank Limited is Banco Macro, a publicly listed company headquartered in Argentina.
Is Macro Bank Limited Bahamian or Argentine?
Macro Bank Limited originated in the Bahamas, but it is owned today by Banco Macro, which is headquartered in Argentina. So Macro Bank Limited is a Bahamian-origin brand under Argentine ownership.
Is Macro Bank Limited still owned by Banco Macro?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Macro Bank Limited is still owned by Banco Macro. 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] Banco Macro S.A. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 20 April 2026; retrieved 11 October 2026.
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