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Panama: Domestic Credit Still Growing

At the end of March domestic credit amounted to $34.338 billion, surpassing by 16% the figure for the same period in 2012.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

"The commercial sector claimed the most credit, with a portfolio of $10.2622 billion (22.8%), followed by mortgages, whose portfolio totaled $9.521 billion, up 14.4% from a year earlier" , reported Prensa.com.

"The third most important activity was consumption, with a portfolio of $6.4063 billion, 10.5% more than the previous year."

According to the Superintendency of Banks, these three sectors account for 75% of the country's domestic portfolio.

Source: Prensa.com

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Bank Credit Up 4%

June 2018

Up to May 2018, credit granted by Guatemalan banks to the private sector totaled $25.725 billion, 4% more than was reported in the same month in 2017.

According to figures from Banco de Guatemala, credit to the private sector up to May 2018 grew by 4.1% compared to the same month in 2017, rising from $24.611 billion to $25.725 billion. This increase was below the 8% increase recorded between the same months of 2016 and 2017.

El Salvador: Business Credit Up 5% in 2017

January 2018

As of December 2017, the balance of the loan portfolio for private companies amounted to $5.926 billion, 5% more than in the same month in 2016.

According to figures from the Superintendency of the Financial System, the balance of loans for companies grew by $306 million, increasing from $5.620 billion in December 2016 to $5.926 billion in the last month of 2017.

Credit at fast pace in Panama

August 2014

In the first half of the year credit to the private sector grew by 8.7% compared to the same period in 2013, with construction, personal consumption and agricultural sectors being the most dynamic.

Although it denotes a slight slowdown compared to previous years, at the end of first half of the year, the balance of credit extended by banks to the private sector was $36.861 billion, $2.941 billion more than up to July 2013.

Panama: Strong Growth in Bank Credit

May 2013

In March the balance of new bank loans reached $34.339 billion, which is $4.729 billion more than earned in the same period of 2012, when the total was $29.61 billion.

Figures from the Superintendency of Banks in Panama (SBP), reveal that most of the growth in lending balances is in the private sector, with $4.3329 billion, while the public sector only received $396 million.