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Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay

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Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay
Company typeState-owned
IndustryBanking
Financial services
FoundedMarch 24, 1892 (1892-03-24)
HeadquartersUruguay
Area served
Uruguay
Websitewww.bhu.net

The Mortgage Bank of Uruguay (Spanish: Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay) a state-owned bank in Uruguay.

History

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Established on March 24, 1892 by President Julio Herrera y Obes as an autonomous state entity (Spanish: Ente Autónomo).

It plays an important role in the local mortgage market. It is listed at the BVM.[1]

  1. ^ "Sinopsis historia - Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay" [Summary of history of BHU]. Biblioteca del Poder Legislativo (Uruguay) (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
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