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[[File:220px_bancodon.png|right]]'''Bancodón''' (formally, '''''Banco Primero Nacional''''') is the largest banking and financial services company in the [[Ardisphere]] and one of the principal major banks in the world. With headquarters in the heart of the country's financial district ([http://opengeofiction.net/#map=18/-24.3497/123.7200 Calle Paredes Oeste No. 500, Barrio Paredes]) in [[Villa Constitución, DF]], and hundreds of branches throughout the country and internationally, the company is the number one provider in the Ardisphere of both retail and corporate banking services. 

== History ==

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== Product Portfolio ==

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== In Popular Culture ==

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The Bancodón radio, television and internet advertising campaigns of the 1990s and 2000s were so successful that the signature pronunciation of the bank's name in its tagline by two voices - one masculine for the "Banco-" and one feminine for "-dón" - was adopted by Ardispherian youth culture, reinterpreting the "-dón" suffix as meaning something akin to "extremely talented" or "good at something." Thus you have the famous DJ "DJ-dón", the cartoon character Changodón (''chango'' means "monkey"), and widespread appearances of the suffix in conversation in everything from the arts to gang slang. 

Rather than aggressively pursue for-profit uses of their tagline as copyright violations, the bank wisely opted to view it as free advertising, and has even encouraged it with subsequent advertising campaigns.

= See Also = 

* [[OGF:International Business Listing]]
* [[IBA-150]]
* [[Ardisphere]]

[[Category:Ardispherian Businesses]]
[[Category:Ardisphere]]
[[Category:Bank]]