Category: 1999

After battling a heavy storm, the strongest banks move forward in a new direction.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is giving the 1988 rules a much-needed overhaul, but are the proposed changes suitable?

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Ever since the US clamped down on operations of foreign banks within its borders, Latin American financial institutions have struggled to get a foothold in the States.

When Renato Cuoco started working in the 1950s at the bank that was to become Itau, he was an archivist in the company’s paper-based filing system. Now, as head of […]

        Best Bank in Argentina: Banco de GaliciaBanco de Galicia is approaching its 100th birthday and is proving that good banks are like good wine: they improve […]

In the opening session of last month’s World Bank/IMF meeting held in Washington, IMF Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer said the G-7 no longer has the political will unilaterally to […]

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