2012 Annual Report - Ixe
2012 Annual Report - Ixe
2012 Annual Report - Ixe
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Informe Anual 2010<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
GFNorte’s strategic partners are the IFC (International Finance Corporation) through its subsidiary<br />
Banco Mercantil del Norte; the Italian insurance company Generali in insurance and annuities,<br />
and the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Mexican Social Security Institute) as a result of<br />
the recent merger of our respective Afores.<br />
Grupo Financiero Banorte is one of the leading financial institutions in Mexico. Following the<br />
merger of <strong>Ixe</strong> Grupo Financiero we are currently the country’s third largest financial group with<br />
the largest Mexican shareholder base. We are one of the banks with the best loan portfolio<br />
quality indicators of the Mexican financial system with high capitalization and liquidity ratios.<br />
GFNorte has a presence in Mexico and in the United States of America in the south of Texas<br />
through Inter National Bank (INB), as well as in New Jersey and California through the remittance<br />
services company UniTeller and in New York through Banorte-<strong>Ixe</strong> Securities International.<br />
GFNorte has developed a wide range of banking and financial products centered on service<br />
excellence, which include:<br />
• Banking Sector: universal banking services in Mexico through Banco Mercantil del Norte S.<br />
A. and <strong>Ixe</strong> Banco S. A. and through Inter National Bank in the state of Texas, USA, including<br />
remittance services through UniTeller in the United States.<br />
• Brokerage Sector: broker dealer services and products.<br />
• Long Term Savings Sector: afores (pension funds), insurance and annuities.<br />
• Other Finance Companies: financial services that include leasing, factoring, warehousing,<br />
car leasing with <strong>Ixe</strong> Automotriz and mortgages with Fincasa Hipotecaria.<br />
• Other service and asset recovery companies: through <strong>Ixe</strong> Soluciones and <strong>Ixe</strong> Servicios<br />
subsidiaries.<br />
Reinforcing its commitment to generating a positive impact on the environment; in <strong>2012</strong> Grupo<br />
Financiero Banorte continued alliances with the Association of Mexican Banks (ABM), Red<br />
SumaRSE in Nuevo León, National Council for the Prevention of Discrimination (CONAPRED),<br />
and the UN Global Compact, among others, to create joint work strategies in the area of social<br />
responsibility and sustainability.<br />
We also consolidated our position as Mexico’s main Afore, posting significant growth in our<br />
operations following the acquisition of Afore Bancomer. In order to increase our customer service<br />
capabilities, we also opened the Roberto González Barrera Contact Center in Monterrey.<br />
(1) For details of our products and services please visit our web pages: www.banorte.com and www.ixe.com.mx<br />
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