Exhibit 12.1





Certification
of Chief Executive Officer



I, Martín Ezequiel Zarich, certify
that:



1. I have reviewed this annual report
on Form 20-F of BBVA Banco Francés S.A.;



2. Based on my knowledge, this report
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,
in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this
report;



3. Based on my knowledge, the financial
statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;



4. The company’s other certifying
officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company andhave:



a) Designed such disclosure controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being prepared;



b) Designed
such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under
our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;



c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the
company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and



d) Disclosed in this report any change
in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial
reporting; and



5. The company’s other certifying
officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s
auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):



a) All significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect
the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and



b) Any fraud, whether or not material,
that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial
reporting.



Date: May 2, 2018



| | /s/   Martín
    Ezequiel Zarich                                                            
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| | Name: Martín
        Ezequiel Zarich
        
        Title: Chief Executive
        Officer