Typically, multilateral lenders come to the fore in moments of crisis and retreat from the spotlight once better times return. But this past year, a kind of limbo has descended. […]
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El Salvador Best Bank: Banco Agrícola
Despite an uptick in GDP growth, the competitive balance between El Salvador¹s banks is little changed from 2011. Banco Agrícola remains the largest and strongest bank in the country. Its […]
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Best Regional Strategy: Santander
Much talk has been made of European, and particularly Spanish, banks’ troubles in recent years. But the effects of the European crisis have yet to have any major impact on […]
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Guatemala Best Bank: Banco de Desarollo Rural (Banrural)
Mergers in the past decade have seen Guatemala¹s banking system come to be dominated by its two largest banks, Banco Industrial and Banco G&T Continental. Against this backdrop however, well […]
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Bolivia Best Bank: Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz
Bolivia¹s financial system has advanced steadily this past year. A healthy pickup in GDP growth to 5.1% in 2011 from 4.1% in 2010 has lifted the economy and […]
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Jamaica Best Bank: National Commercial Bank
Jamaica¹s economic woes have not made life easy for its banks and conditions are not expected to improve soon. After struggling through a prolonged recession, last year Jamaica¹s real […]
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Brazil Best Investment Bank: Itaú BBA
Although investors¹ expectations for Brazil have cooled, the domestic investment banking landscape continues to invite competition. For the moment, the larger Brazilian institutions still claim a lion¹s share of the […]
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Mexico Best Bank: Banorte
Mexico¹s banking sector is in good shape with the country¹s largest lenders largely isolated from global turmoil and well poised to capitalize on the economy¹s expected growth. Output is likely […]
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Chile Best Bank: Banco de Chile
In a market peppered with other well-positioned banks, Banco de Chile remains one of the country¹s strongest, with a 432-branch network and 1.7 million customers some 22% of the […]
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Mexico Best Investment Bank: Banamex
If Mexico is truly the place to be in Latin America in the next few years, there will be no shortage of investment banking and capital markets opportunities. So far […]