Bankpime

Bankpime (Banco de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa), the Small and Medium Enterprise Bank, is positioned as the second largest Catalan bank in terms of size with over EUR500 million in assets and about 20 branches. The company was founded in Barcelona in 1978 and is a banking organisation designed to cater for the needs of small and medium-sized businesses. It also provides banking services for individuals, as well as offers insurance packages to cover the most common risks associated with modern lifestyles. The bank is part of the Barcelona Stock Exchange, as well as Latibex, the international market for Latin-American securities valued in Euros. In 2011, CaixaBank, Spain's third largest bank, acquired Bankpime’s banking and fund management business for 16 million euros.