Last year it approved $210 million worth of loans to productive sectors such as industry, trade, services, agriculture and construction, an increase of 49% compared to 2010, said the General Manager of the institution, Roberto Silva Alvarez.

"We have been growing in business banking, which deals with medium enterprises, and the corporate side. Little by little we have been lowering our segment (...) we want to serve small businesses and may increase [credit] in the consumer area," Silva Alvarez told Laprensagrafica.com.

Source: laprensagrafica.com

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