Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores Aval Acciones y Valores S.A. Later that year, Grupo Aval introduced an Online banking platform, which was integrated within the Group's major banking subsidiaries, Banco de Bogotá, Banco de Occidente, Banco Popular and Banco AV Villas. This innovation allowed clients to either conduct financial transactions on the Internet or in real-time at anyone of the banks branch offices or automated teller machines. A major milestone occurred during 1999 when Grupo Aval listed their shares publicly on the Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (the Colombian stock exchange) for the first time in the company's history. The Group made a massive initial
Bolsa de Valores de la República Dominicana was originally known as the "Bolsa de Valores de Santo Domingo Inc". In 1997, as a result of the fact that its activities extended into other cities of the country, it changed its name to "Bolsa de Valores de la República Dominicana". This means that the market is still relatively new, and the concept of both an equity and capital market is just coming into consciousness. Despite the limitations resulting from inadequate legislation, transactions at the BVRD grew steadily during the 1990s. There are twenty brokerage houses registered at the BVRD. Thirteen belong to financial groups and only seven are