History
- March 10, 1943: Banco Brasileiro de Descontos founded by Amador Aguiar in the city of Marília in the state of São Paulo. The bank targets small landowners, retailers, and government employees.
- 1946: Bradesco moved headquarters to São Paulo.
- 1951: Bradesco grows to become the largest private bank in Brazil.
- 1953: Bradesco moved headquarters to Cidade de Deus, Osasco, São Paulo.
- 1956: Amador Aguiar create Fundação Bradesco, the biggest education program in Brazil.
- 1962: Bradesco is the first Latin American company to buy a computer.
- 1968: Bradesco launched the first credit card in Brazil.
- 1970s: Bradesco acquires 17 banks throughout the country.
- 1978: The Bradesco branch no. 1000 is inaugurate in Chuí in Brazil extreme south.
- 1991: Amador Aguiar died in São Paulo.
- 1996: Bradesco launched the first Latin American Internet Banking system.
- 1997: Bradesco buys Banco BCN.
- 2000: Banco Bradesco Argentina commences operations in Buenos Aires. Bradesco Securities commences operations in New York.
- 2003: Bradesco buys BBVA's Brazilian subsidiary.
- 2006: Bradesco buys American Express Brazilian subsidiary.
- 2010: Bradesco buys Ibi Brazilian (Banco Ibi S.A. - Banco Múltiplo) subsidiary, that was controlled by C&A.
- 2010: Bradesco buys Ibi Mexican (Ibi Services S. de R. L. México) subsidiary, that was controlled by C&A.
- 2011: Bradesco ranked fourth among the world's 500 greenest companies and first among the Brazilian companies, according to list disclosed by Newsweek, prepared in partnership with the consulting firms Trucost and Sustainalyctis.
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