SWOT Analysis of Panamanian Banking

The traditionally high competitiveness of Panama as a financial center is being threatened by the pressures bearing down on it from multiple fronts.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The auditing firm KPMG is carrying out, under assignment by the Superintendent of Banks, an analysis of the competitiveness of the Panamanian banking center.

Changes are inevitable due to the pressure being exercised by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Panama to cooperate in a transparent manner regarding the tax information of the transnational businesses based in the country. To avoid being considered a "tax haven" by the OECD, which would imply sanctions, Panama must change norms regarding banking secrecy.

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