Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores SA engages in the provision of financial services and products. It operates through the following segments: Banking Services, Merchant Banking, Pension and Severance Fund Management, and Holding. The Banking Services segment focuses on banking services, fund management and trust businesses, storage companies, and entities that manage low-value payment systems. The Merchant Banking segment is involved in the financial Sector, gas and energy sector, infrastructure sector, hotel sector, and agribusiness sector. The Pension and Severance Fund Management segment refers to the administrator of pension and severance funds. The Holding segment consists of Grupo Aval and Grupo Aval Limited. The company was founded by Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo on January 7, 1994 and is headquartered in Bogota, Colombia.