BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Jan. 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco Macro S.A. (NYSE: BMA; Buenos Aires Stock Exchange: BMA) ("Banco Macro") hereby informs you that on the date hereof the Comision Nacional de Valores (hereinafter referred to as "CNV") has given notice of Resolution 17586 by which it decided to suspend Banco Macro S.A. on a preventive basis as Negotiation, Clearing and Settlement Agent (Agente de Liquidacion y Compensacion y Agente de Negociacion - Integral), pursuant to section 51 of Act 26831.

Banco Macro has fulfilled with the standards and criteria's of CNV. The Bank is focused in answering as soon as possible the observations done by CNV aiming to remove the preventive suspension.

IR Contact in Buenos Aires:
Jorge Scarinci | Finance & IR Manager
Ines Lanusse | Investor Relations
E-mail: investorelations@macro.com.ar | Phone: (5411) 5222 6682

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Banco Macro S.A (NYSE: BMA; Buenos Aires: BMA) is a universal bank, with focus in low & mid-income individuals and small & mid-sized companies. The Bank started operating in 1985 as non-banking financial institution and today has grown to be the private local bank with the largest branch network in the country.

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