Banco Nacional

Banco Nacional was a bank from Brazil. It was taken over by Unibanco in 1995.

Banco Nacional S.A.
IndustryFinance and Insurance
Founded1944
FounderMagalhães Pinto Valdomiro de Magalhães Pinto
Defunct1995
HeadquartersBelo Horizonte, Brazil
ProductsBanking
ParentUnibanco

The Nacional brand is better known as main sponsor of Ayrton Senna during all his racing career in Formula One (1984-1994).

The TV Globo's popular news program Jornal Nacional was originally had the bank as the main sponsor.[1][2]

Ayrton Senna's helmet model from 1988.

References

  1. ^ "Falido há 16 anos, Banco Nacional ainda tem marca forte" (in Portuguese). EXAME.com. 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
  2. ^ "Telejornais que fizeram história: Jornal nacional mesmo" (in Portuguese). Sampa Online. 2001-09-28. Archived from the original on 2008-02-10. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
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