• A national bank: Banco Popular Español
• Five regional banks: Banco de Andalucía, Banco de Castilla
  Castile (historical region)
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  , Banco de Crédito Balear, Banco de Vasconia
  Vasconia
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  , Banco de Galicia
• A mortgage bank: Banco Popular Hipotecario
• A private bank: Popular Banca Privada
• A subsidiary in France: Banco Popular France (sold in December 2008 to the French bank Crédit Mutuel-CIC and renamed as CIC Iberbanco)
• A subsidiary in Portugal: Banco Popular Portugal
• A subsidiary in U.S.A.: TotalBank (Miami Dade)
• A separate Internet bank: bancopopular-e.com
• An Estate Services subsidiary: Aliseda
• Representative offices abroad: Belgium
  Belgium
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  , Chile
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  , Germany
  Germany
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  , Hong-Kong, Morocco
  Morocco
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  , Netherlands
  Netherlands
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  , Switzerland
  Switzerland
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   (Geneva
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   and Zürich
  Zürich
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  ), London
  London
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  , United States Of America, France, Italy
  Italy
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   and Venezuela
  Venezuela
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History

• 1926: Founding of Banco Popular Español (BPE).
• 1968: BPE opens a representative office in Paris
  Paris
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   that became a subsidiary that by 1991 had a network of 14 branches in France
  France
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• 1992: BPE converts its subsidiary in France into a joint venture with Banco Comercial Português under the name Banco Popular Comercial.
• 2000: BPE establishes a network of branches in Portugal
  Portugal
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• 2002: BPE and Banco Comercial Português part ways; Banco Popular Comercial becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Banco Popular and changes its name to Banco Popular France. In Portugal, Banco Popular buys Banco Nacional de Crédito (BNC) and transfers its existing branches there to BNC. Later, in 2005, BNC changed its name to Banco Popular Portugal.
• 2007: BPE bought a small bank in Southern Florida (United States of America) called TotalBank for US$300 million. The bank has 14 branches in Miami Dade County and 250 employees.

External links

• Banco Popular France