Banco Nacional de Crédito (BVC: BNC), commonly abbreviated as BNC, is a Venezuelan commercial bank headquartered in Caracas. It was founded in 1977 in San Antonio del Táchira as Banco Tequendama branch of the Banco Tequendama Colombia.In 2002, a group of Venezuelan investors start purchasing the bank. The following year, the acquisition was completed, and the bank changed its name to Banco Nacional de Crédito.