The BN (its official Spanish initials) belongs to the Peruvian Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Its headquarters is located in the San Isidro District of Lima, the capital of Peru.

Its predecessors date to 1905, when José Pardo created the Caja de Depósitos y Consignaciones or Bank of Deposits and Consignments.

During the Four Quarters March in 2000 the original building (built by Enrique Seoane Ros),[1] was destroyed by a fire.

Currently, the Bank of the Nation is used to: Branch offices can be found in every Peruvian province, with a total of 403 branch offices, of which 87% are located in rural areas of the country where private banks do not operate