 In 1982, the "Mercantil Tower" skyscraper was built as the new bank headquarter's.In 1994, it was not really affected by the economic crisis in Venezuela.In 2000, Mercantil bought a lot of financial and insurance institutions as "Interbank", "Venezolana Entidad de Ahorro y Préstamo", "Banco Monagas", "Seguros Orinoco", among others.