Banpará
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| Formerly | Banco do Estado do Pará (1959-1979)[1] | 
|---|---|
| Company type | Sociedade Anônima | 
| B3: BPAR3 | |
| Industry | Banking, Financial services | 
| Founded | 30 November 1959 | 
| Headquarters | Belém, Brazil | 
Area served  | Pará | 
Key people  | Ruth Mello (CEO)[2] | 
| Products | Investment banking Retail Banking Credit cards  | 
| Revenue | |
| Total assets | R$ 12.52 billion (2021)[3] | 
| Website | www | 
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Banpará is a Brazilian regional bank, founded in 1959 by the Pará state government.[1] Its primary activity is supporting the banking needs of the state government and its employees’.[4]
Controversies
The bank was the centerpoint of a 1984 scandal which saw over 10 million dollars siphoned away from its coffers into bank accounts controlled by the then-governor, Jader Barbalho, and his associates.[5][6] The accusation involved the CEO, a political ally of Barbalho, and the financial director, both banned from working in the financial sector for 10 and 3 years, respectively.[7]
References
- ^ a b "History". ri.banpara.b.br. Archived from the original on 2021-09-21. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
 - ^ "Estrutura Organizacional". ri.banpara.b.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-08-26.
 - ^ a b c "Divulgação de Resultados". Banpará (in Brazilian Portuguese).
 - ^ "Moody's affirms Banpará's ratings; outlook stable". Moodys.com. 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
 - ^ "Folha de S.Paulo - Caso Banpará: Jader recebeu mais de 50% de desvio, aponta relatório - 24/06/2001". www1.folha.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
 - ^ "Procuradores pressionados a reabrir caso Banpará - Política". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
 - ^ "BC explica atuação no caso Banpará". politica.estadao.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-12-12.
 
