The president of the Salvadoran Banking Association (ABANSE), Armando Arias, pointed out the benefits to the consumer with new financial institution entering the market.

Guadalupe Hernández wrote in Elsalvador.com: "The Azteca Bank was born in 2002 as a multiple-banking institution, and it has come to establish itself as one of the five largest in Mexico. It belongs to Grupo Salinas, which is also one of the largest business conglomerates in that country. The market niche in which the institution is working is mortgage financing and consumer loans for the middle and working class."

Source: elsalvador.com

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