The country’s banking system is mimicking the economy: growing and becoming more sophisticated.
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Banco BISA Branches Out to Overcome Challenges
Competition with foreign banks such as Citibank and BSCH’s Banco Santa Cruz have kept Banco BISA, Bolivia’s largest domestically owned bank, on its toes this past year. The bank is […]
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Connecting the region
Tricom, probably the Dominican Republic’s best-known company, is betting on a successful expansion into Central America.
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Banco Bolivariano Survives the Storm
Miguel Babra Lyon The Ecuadorian banking system collapsed in 1999, and the banks left standing are still reeling from the aftershocks. In July, the Ecuadorian government shut down the country’s […]
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Dauhajre on ratings
Dr. Andrés Dauhajre “I don’t understand the reasons. The Dominican Republic has better macroeconomic indicators and a better record than Costa Rica. Just compare both countries’ […]
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Banco Wiese Readies Itself for Recovery
Eugenio Bertini Peru is only slowly recovering from a battering of several years of political turmoil, stalled economic restructuring, global and regional recession, a commodity price slump and the worst […]
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Life beyond the beach
Sun and sand will always be a winning combination for holidaymakers. But can the Dominican Republic improve its prospects by diversifying to attract the world’s high rollers?
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Light on the Horizon
Power outages have long been a normal feature of life for the Dominican Republic. But fresh investment and the unraveling of longstanding disputes may offer relief to consumers
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Banco de Occidente Outsmarts its Environment
Banco de Occidente only has half of the assets and market share of Guatemala’s largest bank but this small well-managed bank shows that size is not critical to strong performance. […]
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Reliance on remittances
Forty-one Dominicans have been reported killed or missing in September’s terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. But the uncertainty goes on for millions more. In common with many small […]