{{Short description|Bank based in Caracas}} {{Infobox company | name = BDT Banco Digital de los Trabajadores, Banco Universal C.A. | logo = | image = Torre Banco Bicentenario.jpg | image_caption = Bicentennial Bank Tower | type = | slogan = | founded = 2009 | hq_location = Caracas, Venezuela | key_people = | num_employees = | industry = | products = Financial services | parent = | subsidiaries = | website = | revenue = | net_income = | foot_notes = }}

'''BDT Banco Digital de los Trabajadores, Banco Universal C.A. (previously Banco Bicentenario, Banco Universal C.A)''' is a bank based in Caracas.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Banco Bicentenario, Venezuela {{!}} Head office, phone number, website, SWIFT |url=https://banksdaily.com/info/bicentenario |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=banksdaily.com}}</ref> It was created in late 2009 through the merger<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cornejo |first=Ricardo A. Carbonell |date=2009-12-17 |title=SUDEBAN Fusión Por Incorporación Banco Bicentenario |url=https://iusdata.com/sudeban-fusion-por-incorporacion-banco/ |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=IUSDATA - Información Jurídica |language=es}}</ref> with the existing state-owned bank Banfoandes, the banks Bolívar, Central and Confederado<ref>{{Cite web |title=EX-99.D |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/103198/000119312513385560/d604723dex99d.htm |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=www.sec.gov}}</ref> and after BaNorte Bank, nationalised as a result of the 2009 banking crisis.<ref>{{rs|date=November 2025}}{{Cite web |last=greg |date=2009-12-22 |title=Venezuela Merges Nationalised Banks to Form New Bicentenary Bank |url=https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/5025/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Venezuelanalysis |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2024}} The new bank holds around 20% of Venezuelan bank deposits.

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==See also== * Venezuelan banking crisis of 1994

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== External links == * [http://www.bicentenariobu.com.ve/ Official Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501085405/http://www.bicentenariobu.com.ve/ |date=2021-05-01 }}

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Bicentenario Category:Government-owned companies of Venezuela Category:Banks established in 2009 Category:Venezuelan companies established in 2009 Category:financial services companies based in Caracas

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