BHD Bank

We are Banco BHD, a financial intermediary supervised by the Superintendency of the Bank of the Dominican Republic, founded on July 24, 1972, as Banco Hipotecario Dominicano under the leadership of Samuel Conde, founding president of our financial institution; Antonio Haché, Manuel Tavares Espaillat, Sebastián Mera, Juan Bautista Vicini, Carlos Sully Fondeur, and José Antonio Caro Álvarez, a group of entrepreneurs with a broad perspective on banking. Throughout our more than four decades of history, we have been pioneers in the local financial sector: from promoting changes in the national financial system by actively participating in the financial reform process in the Dominican Republic to becoming the first multiple bank in the country and pioneering the implementation of a corporate governance model. Our forward-thinking vision has led us to become the national financial institution with the greatest international backing. Likewise, our policy of alliances, mergers, and acquisitions has led us to become the second largest privately-owned financial institution in the country: 1999: Strategic alliance with Banco Sabadell. 2000: Merger agreement with Banco Fiduciario. 2001: Alliance with Popular International Bank, Inc. of Puerto Rico. 2006: Acquisition of the personal business portfolio of Republic Bank DR. 2007: Purchase of the loans and deposits of the corporate banking division of Republic Bank DR. 2008: Linking of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a multilateral credit and investment agency of the World Bank Group, as a shareholder and strategic partner of Centro Financiero BHD. 2014: Merger agreement by share contribution between Centro Financiero BHD and Grupo Financiero. Merger of BHD and León banks into a single entity, Banco Múltiple BHD, S.A. As the cornerstone of our strategic focus and the foundation of our identity, we are dedicated to improving the world of our customers by making their good ideas possible through a superior banking experience. We also build our institutional pillars on the implementation of social responsibility initiatives, the development of microfinance, support for baseball, the implementation of a gender strategy aimed at women, and operational and technological strengthening to become the bank of the future. Today, we have nearly one million customers and more than 4,000 employees, service offices in 22 Dominican provinces, an extensive network of ATMs and banking sub-agents, online banking services, a 24-hour customer service center, and social media accounts to facilitate closer contact.