| Banco Bradesco S.A. provides a range of banking and financial products and services, which include deposit-taking operations, such as checking accounts, savings accounts, and time deposits. It also provides consumer lending, housing loans, industrial loans, and leasing; credit and debit card services; payment processing and collection; capital markets services, including underwriting and financial advisory services, as well as brokerage and trading activities; international banking; and asset management services. The company operates in two segments, Banking segment; and Insurance, Pension Plan, and Certificated Savings plans. The Banking segment engages in the investment banking, international banking, consortia administration, and asset management. The Insurance, Pension Plan, and Certificated Savings plans segment relates to auto, health, life, casualty and property insurance, pension, and certificated savings plans. The companys customer base includes both individuals, midsized and small companies, local and international corporations, and institutions in Brazil. The company was founded in 1943 as Banco Brasileiro de Descontos S.A. and changed its name to Banco Bradesco S.A. in 1988. Banco Bradesco is headquartered in Osasco, Brazil. |
