Category: Panama

Panama’s Superintendency of Banks is helping the country’s banking system adopt and follow an internationally accepted regulatory framework.

Panama has accumulated more than a billion dollars in a
social investment trust, funded by the sales of state-owned industries and former US holdings in the Canal Zone.
The government is taking pains to ensure the money goes where it is supposed to go.

Panama’s geography has always been its best asset. Will its strategic location drive prosperity in the new millennium as Panama aims at becoming the Americas’ premier trade zone?

Panama’s largest local bank, Banco del Istmo, is primed to become Central America’s leading financial institution. This is no small order in a region with more than 150 local banks […]

Panama struggles to remain Central America’s financial and transportation center despite growing international doubt about its commitment to playing by the rules.

Panama’s Banco del Istmo has swallowed Pribanco to create Central America’s largest bank. But can the new bank successfully expand in a region peppered with tough competitors?