Limiting the fees charged in Costa Rica and establishing a law that defines market limits in Guatemala are part of the attempts being made in the region to regulate the use of credit cards.
A law proposal presented last January before the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica, aims to regulate the percentage of the commission paid by businesses for credit or debit cards.
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.
Principal and interests will be guaranteed through a contigency loan granted by the Central American Bank for Economic Integration to the issuing company.
“Partial Credit Guarantees” is the name of the project that CABEI is preparing to assist companies in accessing regulated capital markets in the Bank's member states.
David Castillo's article at Capitales.com, points that "the plan is similar to a Stand By Credit Letter or Safe Credit Letter.
Bank credit tightening makes it necessary to look for alternate private capital financing sources.
In the Elfinancierocr.com blog article "En numerous," Edgar Delgado Montoya outlined five options as a source of financing for both start ups and business expansion projects: Emerge Fund, Link Investment Caseif II, E + Co LAC, and E3 Corp.
Delgado Montoya said: "In addition to delving into very different sectors, investment banking operations are quite flexible as to how the manner in which resources can be administered to the receiving enterprise."
An analysis of the changes in the dynamics of granting credit, in an interview with the Superintendent of the Salvadorian Financial System.
Luis Armando Montenegro, Superintendent of the Financial System, in an interview published in La Prensa Gráfica, responds to questions about the liquidity of the Salvadorian financial system, the contraction of external credit to the local banking system, changes in the granting of loans, and interest rates, among other issues.
It is indispensable for the economy to continue using credit to finance production and commercial operations.
The analysis by Raul Moreira published in the La Estrella in Panama emphasizes that "the demand for internal credit by the private sector was at $31.6 billion in October and continued to grow at 20.38%, while deposits had an increase of 24.69%, which shows that the main source of financing for the expansion of credit comes from domestic savings by individuals. Prudence and caution is recommended for credit policies and it is important to maintain the rhythm of capturing funding."
Fitch Ratings discusses the corporate credit environment throughout Latin America.
As can be seen in the charts on the following two pages, Latin American corporates have made tremendous improvements in their liquidity positions since the end of 2003 due to vibrant local capital markets, strong cash flow generation and significant deleveraging. The improvements have been broad-based, occurring within each market and across each issuer default rating (IDR) category. The charts also reveal a sharp downturn in the funds from operations (FFO) growth rate during the last twelve months (LTM) ended June 30, 2008, and a reduction in cash as a percentage of short-term debt.