Sudameris
Former head office of Banque Sudameris at 12, rue Halévy in Paris | |
| Formerly | Banque Française et Italienne pour l'Amérique du Sud |
|---|---|
| Company type | Private company |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Predecessor | Banco Commerciale Italo-Brasiliano |
| Founded | May 19, 1910 |
| Founders | French partners and Banca Commerciale Italiana (BCI) |
| Defunct | c. 2003 |
| Fate | Merged with parent and local operations split and sold-off |
| Successor | Banco GNB Sudameris and Sudameris Bank S.A.E.C.A. |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | South America |
| Products | Banking services |
| Owner | Banca Commerciale Italiana (BCI) |
The Banque Française et Italienne pour l'Amérique du Sud (lit. 'French and Italian Bank for South America', BFIAS), abbreviated from the late 1970s as Sudameris, was a bank headquartered in Paris that served markets in South America. Founded in 1910 and eventually disbanded in the early 2000s, it was controlled during most of that near-century by Banca Commerciale Italiana (BCI).
As of early 2025, the Sudameris brand survived with the group's respective former local operations in Colombia and Paraguay, respectively Banco GNB Sudameris and Sudameris Bank S.A.E.C.A. The latter became Paraguay's largest bank in 2023.