Following the approval of the Bitcoin Law in El Salvador by the members of the Legislative Assembly, which creates a legal framework that recognizes this digital currency as legal tender in the country, the IMF warns that financial and legal risks have arisen.
Following the approval of the Bitcoin Law in El Salvador by the deputies of the Legislative Assembly, there is now a new legal framework that recognizes this digital currency as legal tender in the country.
The President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, sent to the Legislative Assembly, through the Minister of Economy, Maria Luisa Hayem, the bill to allow the use of Bitcoin in the country.
In Costa Rica, the Constitutional Chamber ruled in favor of the Observatorio Ciudadano de Transparencia Fiscal, an institution that filed an appeal to obtain information on how many individuals appear as owners of shares.
After the Observatory requested to the Ministry of Finance statistical information that can be obtained from the Registry of Shareholders and Beneficial Owners (RABF), the authorities refused.
After multiple consultations, the Superintendency of Banks announced that virtual currencies or assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and other similar ones, are not legal tender in the country.
The Superintendency of Banks, derived from the different consultations made by economic and financial agents regarding the use of virtual currencies or assets, known as cryptocurrencies, informs the population that in accordance with the Monetary Law, the monetary unit of Guatemala is the Quetzal and only the Bank of Guatemala can issue banknotes and coins within the territory of the Republic, therefore virtual currencies are not legal tender in the country, explains an official statement.
The National Assembly of Panama approved in third debate a bill that regulates the service of information on the credit history of consumers.
The legislative plenary approved in third debate initiative 424, which modifies Law 24 of 2002 related to this registration system in the Panamanian Credit Association (APC), in order to create a data model or credit information that is fair and balanced between financial agents and credit clients, the Assembly informed.
The official notice obliging all entities of the country's financial system to provide the tax authorities with information on the bank accounts of all their foreign clients was published in the Gazette.
Panamanian authorities announced that as of September 2020, it will begin to exchange financial information automatically with the South American country.
Negotiations between the two countries began in 2019 and at the technical meetings they agreed on the mechanisms that will be used to automatically double-track the information.
The Central Bank tenders professional services to issue an opinion on the reasonableness of the institution's financial statements.
Honduras Government Purchase CPrivado No.01-2020:
"Hiring of an external audit firm, duly registered in the Registry of External Auditors (RAE) of the National Commission of Banks and Insurance Companies (CNBS), to issue an opinion on the reasonability of the Financial Statements of the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH) with figures as of December 31, 2020, compared to those corresponding to December 31, 2019.
The National Assembly of Panama approved in third debate the bill that creates the Superintendence of Non-Financial Subjects, and now the proposal only awaits the approval of the Executive.
The bill, which was sent by the Executive Branch to be analyzed in extraordinary sessions and which seeks to establish the exclusive competence to regulate and supervise non-financial regulated entities administratively with the aim of preventing money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, has already passed the procedure in the National Assembly.
The National Assembly of Panama approved in second debate the bill, by means of which it is intended to create the Superintendence of Non-Financial Subjects.
This legislative project, sent by the Executive Branch to be analyzed in extraordinary sessions, seeks to establish the exclusive competence to regulate and supervise in the administrative way the non-financial obligated subjects with the intention of preventing money laundering, the financing of terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, informed the National Assembly.
The Costa Rican Assembly approved reforms that expand the powers of Sugef to regulate and supervise financial entities abroad and financial companies that are part of a Costa Rican financial group or conglomerate.
On October 15, 41 deputies approved, in the Second Debate, file 21355, which seeks to strengthen the supervisory framework of the Superintendency of Financial Institutions through reforms to chapter IV of the Central Bank Law, the Assembly reported.
Since the political and economic crisis began in Nicaragua, credit placement has fallen, while delinquency and loan restructuring have increased.
Data from the Superintendence of Banks and Other Financial Institutions (Siboif) indicate that between April 2018 and February 2019, a period during which the political crisis in the country has deepened, the fall in the net credit portfolio was 16%.
After Nicaragua Financia Capital S.A. declared that no funds were available to meet its obligations, the entity announced that it will propose to investors to renegotiate the terms.
On February 8, the Superintendence of Banks and Other Financial Institutions (Siboif) decided to revoke the authorization granted to Financia Capital, S.A. to make a public offering of fixed income securities.
Because Financia Capital S.A. does not have the funds available to meet its obligations, it was revoked the authorization to make a public offering of fixed income securities.
The Superintendence of Banks and Other Financial Institutions (Siboif) informed that its authorization was revoked because "... the representatives of the issuer Financia Capital S.A.
Banco Nacional de Costa Rica is putting out to tender a price information supply service for investments in local and international markets.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2017LN-000011-0000100001:
"A price vendor company will be hired for investments in the local market, international market, structured notes and their respective histories, performance curves, liquidity index, investment fund index and web service communication.