Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. is a Brazilian publicly quoted bank providing retail, commercial, corporate and private banking services. The bank is the largest financial conglomerate in the Southern Hemisphere, operating in 19 countries outside of Brazil including seven in Latin America. Itaú Unibanco employs 96,977 staff across 4,121 branches in Brazil and overseas. The bank was founded in 2008 following the merger of Banco Itaú and Unibanco, and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.