Our identity
Bantrab is a financial group based in Guatemala. It ranks sixth in the Guatemalan banking system and occupies the fourth position in terms of profit volume.
Our history
The Labor Ministers of Latin America met in 1963 to discuss how to best leverage the Alliance for Progress in their country’s benefit. They issued the Declaration of Cundinamarca, which recommended the creation of banks that would encourage workers to save and meeting their credit needs. That is how the Guatemalan Government came to issue the Decree that created Banco de los Trabajadores.
The bank began operations in 1966, with an initial funding given by the State. Guatemalan workers supplemented capital by buying shares and, in 1992, they approved a motion to transform it into a private bank with social responsibility.
Bantrab became a financial group in 2010 after merging with Banco de la República and acquiring Seguros Tikal and Financiera Latinoamericana. Grupo Financiero Bantrab is made up of:
- Banco de los Trabajadores
- Financiera de los Trabajadores, S.A
- Aseguradora de los Trabajadores, S.A
- Casa de Bolsa de los Trabajadores, S.A
We currently are one of the most profitable banks, ranking sixth in terms of asset volume and having more than 4,700 employees. During the last four years, we have strengthened our Corporate Governance, based on international best practices. That is why Fitch Ratings and Moody’s have steadily improved our credit risk ratings.
Our mission, vision, and values
Mission
Work hard for the well-being of all workers.
Vision
Turn workers into the country’s main financial force.
Values and competences
Our commitment to this institution urges us to remain congruent and accept the consequences of our decisions with firmness and humility.
Compliance
The ability to execute the necessary actions to achieve all undertaken commitments.
Self-determination
The ability to make decisions, suggest and take on challenges and their consequences, individually, for the value of achieving objectives.
We are indebted to our employees and, therefore, we are proud of our high standards and our demands for ethics and truth.
360° Communication
The ability to provide recognition and identify areas of improvement in the performance of all stakeholders.
Accountability
The ability to keep all information records regarding actions performed and results achieved available and up to date.
We respect everyone equally by remaining impartial and fair, and by creating opportunities based on objectivity.
Congruence
The ability to express our thoughts and feelings and align them with what we say and do.
Tolerance
The ability to forge relationships based on our values and norms, at all times and with all people.
We strive every day with zeal and joy because we know that everything we do benefits workers.
Costumer Solution
The ability to exceed our customer’s expectations by performing all necessary engagements with enthusiasm.
Synergy
The ability to join forces with other departments with the common goal of providing personal and collective satisfaction.
Organizational structure
Equity structure
We are one of the most solid and solvent banks in the Guatemalan banking system. As of September 30, 2022, our equity was approaching USD 645 million, of which 83.98% corresponded to equity reserve funds.
State involvement roughly USD63 thousand, workers’[1] participation is approximately USD5 million, and preferred shareholders[2] is USD 20 million.
We reiterate our commitment to be transparent and accountable, as well as to strengthen our Corporate Governance. As a result, we’ve continued the process started in 2017 and have updated the common shareholder database to increase attendance at Shareholders’ meetings.
Business model
We focus on providing well-being to workers. To do so, we’ve aligned our actions towards innovation, inclusion, development, and commercialization of solutions that fit their needs and aspirations. Nonetheless, our fundamental aim is to contribute to their banking and financial health.
[1] Common shares are those acquired by employees and grant the right to speak and vote in a General Shareholders’ Meeting. Article 15 of Bnatrab’s Organic Law establishes that any worker may have up to two thousand shares and Article 27 establishes that the dividends given by the State shall remain as property of the Bank for the purpose of reserve formation.
[2] Preferential shares are investments made by individual o legal persons that grant a guaranteed dividend and the right to participate and speak in a General Shareholders’ Meeting, but not to vote.