Founded 110 years ago in the city of Monterrey, where it first started operations as a small regional player, Grupo Financiero Banorte (GFNorte) is a financial group offering universal banking products and services in the Mexican financial system. It is currently the third largest banking institution in Mexico, the second largest provider of state & municipal government and mortgage financing and the third largest provider of commercial loans. It has more than 21 million clients, 1,316 branches and 6,707 ATMs nationwide.