Federal police detain three executives at Banco Paulista on suspicion of laundering illicit payments for Odebrecht
Category: Caribbean
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Scotiabank closes sale of Dominican pension, insurance units
Canadian lender offloads Scotia Crecer AFP and Scotia Seguros to Grupo Rizek
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IFC funds home loans in Trinidad
Local lender Republic Bank borrows $75m to increase its mortgage portfolio
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Liberty eyes new targets after Caribbean buy
US-based telecom could seek bolt-on acquisitions this year to compensate for missing the Millicom deal
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Trinidad Petroleum opens bond swap
State-owned oil company offers to exchange newly issued 2026 notes for its 2019s and 2022s
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DR, Guatemala enter bond pipeline
Jamaica could also come to the debt market following Panama’s $1bn Euroclearable deal last week, source says
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IDB Invest expands local currency bond program
Multilateral lender eyes issues in Jamaican dollars and Dominican pesos this year
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Trinidad Petroleum drills for debt
State-owned oil company is weeks away from signing a new loan for at least $850m, source says
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Chile’s Velasco says more pragmatism, less ideology can solve economic problems
Policies must be enforceable, transparent and flexible to tackle economic challenges, says Chile’s former finance minister
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World Bank’s Familiar says more political consensus needed to achieve prosperity
More action and less discussion are needed to achieve economic and social improvements, says World Bank expert on Latin America