November 10, 2015
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Bonds
The dramatic fall in copper prices has had widespread ramifications for Chilean companies’ strategies. One bank is leaping at the new opportunities the economic changes b...
November 10, 2015
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Bonds
The regional lender has increased its loan disbursements already this year, and expects further demand as weak growth takes hold in Latin America
November 10, 2015
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Bonds
With a broad regional presence, this bank is taking advantage of changes to Central America’s financial services industry
November 10, 2015
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Bonds
Success in 2015 comes from two seemingly disparate strategies: combining a conservative portfolio with investing in technology to simplify the consumer’s experience
November 10, 2015
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Bonds
A deep dive into retail banking, counterbalanced with a move into the corporate capital markets, positions this bank for regional expansion
November 10, 2015
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Bonds
Uruguay’s dominant bank grabbed a bigger share of the country’s consumer banking market as the country’s economic growth stagnates
November 10, 2015
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Bonds
Argentina’s stressed financial situation has made life tough for the banking sector, but one lender stands out for maintaining a solid balance sheet
November 10, 2015
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Bonds
By focusing on client satisfaction and innovation, the lender has cemented its leadership in the Colombian financial sector
November 10, 2015
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Bonds
Following its parent company’s strategies of streamlining and attention to customers, this bank is growing quickly and catching up to its bigger competitors
November 10, 2015
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Bonds
As international lenders retreat from Central America, one local bank is aggressively seizing the opportunity to gain market share
November 10, 2015
Bonds
The leading financial institutions of Latin America and the Caribbean say a focus on efficiency and fresh technology has kept them ahead of the pack in a difficult year f...
November 10, 2015
Bonds
Venture capital or participation from angel investors is often the initial hurdle for a start-up to get off the ground. For LatAm’s tech firms, attracting such
equity ca...
November 10, 2015
Bonds
The co-founder and managing partner of Angel Ventures Mexico spoke to LatinFinance about the role of venture capital and angel investors in Latin America.
November 10, 2015
Bonds Interviews
Bancolombia’s vice president for SME and consumer lending discusses how traditional banks are set to change with the tech revolution
November 10, 2015
Bonds
Latin America and the Caribbean are proving ripe for an overhaul of traditional banking models, as technology opens the way for safer credit to small and medium sized com...
November 10, 2015
Bonds
Lenders are turning to new pools of data and fresh analysis techniques as they rethink the creditworthiness of small and medium-sized enterprises. By Lucien Chauvin
November 10, 2015
Bonds
The head of Peru’s banking regulator, the SBS, talks to LatinFinance about the risks of transformations to the financial industry
November 10, 2015
Bonds
Individual investors hunting for returns are finding a growing array of peer-to-peer lending opportunities as Latin America’s SMEs turn to crowdfunding for growth capital...
November 10, 2015
Bonds
Investment banks make strategic moves in structured finance, while a former central banker lands at a commercial bank.
By Patrick Ferguson
November 10, 2015
Bonds
MSCI kept Peru’s stock exchange in its emerging market index in September, but will re-evaluate a switch to frontier market status next year. Christian Laub sets out the ...
November 10, 2015
Bonds
As companies come to grips with the Petrobras fallout, their legal advisors are preoccupied with governance. By Andrew Short
November 09, 2015
Bonds
Borrowers are finding significant liquidity and attractive terms, as lenders look to put capital to work in a quiet market.
By Jennifer P. Roig
November 09, 2015
Bonds
Borrowers and financiers are encountering a diverse, developing set of funding resources. LatinFinance convened a group of leading project sponsors and bankers to discuss...
November 09, 2015
Bonds
For Argentine companies and international investors, the potential upsides to a win for Macri are huge.
November 09, 2015
Bonds
As Latin American governments look to infrastructure development to boost growth over long and short term horizons, they are finding that traditional sources of capital a...
November 09, 2015
Bonds
Latin American sovereigns lead the way for primary issuances from the region, as deal flow thins before the holidays. By Patrick Ferguson
November 09, 2015
Bonds Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Rapidly advancing banking software is increasingly opening the door to cross-border retail
services. But compliance risks still cast a shadow over the industry’s growth....
November 09, 2015
Bonds Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
As the international contingent pulls out, competition builds between
homegrown banks for regional market share. IT innovation is proving a critical element to winning o...