Overview
- .itau is a Brand TLD delegated under ICANN's New gTLD Program.
- The sponsoring organization is Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.
- Back-end registry services are provided by Neustar.
History
- The .itau string was applied for as part of ICANN's New gTLD Program (Reveal Day: 13 June 2012).
- Its status is listed as Delegated; the sponsoring organization is Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. with Neustar as the registry provider.
Usage and Audience
- Intended primarily for the Itau group and related entities.
- Typical registrants described by the applicant include:
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. itself (reserved names and corporate use);
- Companies belonging to the Itau group (subsidiaries and affiliates);
- Companies controlled, directly or indirectly, by Itau or its affiliates;
- Institutions, foundations and other organizations sponsored and/or created by Itau or its affiliates.
Registration Rules
- Initial phase: the applicant intends to reserve and register domain names in the name of the Applicant, potentially for months or years after launch.
- Reserved names may include descriptive names referring to business activities, internal departments, subsidiaries, affiliates, joint ventures, and other stakeholders.
- Subsequent phases: the applicant intends to allow registrations by other companies in the Itau group.
- Later expansion: the applicant may further expand the scope of eligible registrants under the .itau gTLD.
SEO and Brand Impact
- The .itau TLD is a branded namespace tied directly to Itau Unibanco, a major banking group:
- Itau is described as the largest Latin American bank and eighth largest in the world by market value (Bloomberg, 31 Dec 2011).
- Corporate scale cited: over 105,000 employees, ~40 million clients, operations in 19 countries and 2 territories.
- Brand recognition and valuation cited by the applicant: named most valuable brand in Brazil by Interbrand for multiple years; brand valued at R$24.3 billion and estimated at $9.6 billion in BrandZ rankings.
- Itau was named the world’s most sustainable bank by the Financial Times and IFC in 2011.
- As a brand TLD, .itau is positioned to protect, consolidate and promote the Itau brand online by providing a controlled namespace for corporate and affiliate use.
Operator
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.
Whois
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domain: ITAU
organisation: Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.
address: Praça Alfredo Egydio de Souza Aranha, 100, Torre Conceicao, 1st floor, CEP 04344-902
address: São Paulo SP
address: Brazil
contact: administrative
name: Diego Mariano de Campos
organisation: Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.
address: Av. Engenheiro Armando de Arruda Pereira, Jabaquara – Torre Eudoro Vilella
address: São Paulo SP
address: Brazil
phone: 55.115029-1202
fax-no: 55.11 5019 1133
e-mail: notices@itau-unibanco.com.br
contact: technical
name: IANA Contact
organisation: GoDaddy Registry
address: 100 S. Mill Ave, Suite 1600
address: Tempe AZ 85281
address: United States of America (the)
phone: +1 480 505 8800
fax-no: +1 480 624 2546
e-mail: iana@registry.godaddy
nserver: A.NIC.ITAU 2001:dcd:1:0:0:0:0:9 37.209.192.9
nserver: B.NIC.ITAU 2001:dcd:2:0:0:0:0:9 37.209.194.9
nserver: C.NIC.ITAU 2001:dcd:3:0:0:0:0:9 37.209.196.9
nserver: NS4.DNS.NIC.ITAU 156.154.156.84 2610:a1:1074:0:0:0:0:54
nserver: NS5.DNS.NIC.ITAU 156.154.157.84 2610:a1:1075:0:0:0:0:54
nserver: NS6.DNS.NIC.ITAU 156.154.158.84 2610:a1:1076:0:0:0:0:54
ds-rdata: 20974 8 2 255e44d9c42d417ae07b1b92f8bbd5c856f1347b87948b58dc245dcd58fd59b4
whois:
status: ACTIVE
remarks: Registration information: http://www.itau.com
created: 2015-05-29
changed: 2024-05-11
source: IANA
