Search results

Latin America P2P lending faces structural constraints

Location:

LATIN AMERICA

Peer-to-peer lending.

Monetary easing may quicken in Brazil this year

Location:

BRAZIL

At its first meeting of 2017, on January 10-11, the COPOM reduced the benchmark Selic interest rate to 13%. The 75-basis-point (bp) rate cut decision, the largest in nearly five…

Policy tweaks will have modest impact in Brazil

Location:

BRAZIL

The decision was taken despite inflation that reached 10.67% last year. It came days after President Dilma Rousseff signed into law the 2016 federal budget, which foresees a GDP…

Private-sector credit squeeze hits Argentine recovery

Location:

ARGENTINA

The government has continued to absorb banks’ liquidity to close the fiscal deficit, with most private investors reluctant to finance the Treasury. The decline in demand for…

Brazil's banks boost profits despite fall in lending

Location:

BRAZIL

Brazil's deep recession is not reflected in the healthy results announced by its major banks, which represent one of the few positive elements of a beleaguered economy. Good…

Brazil post-impeachment prospects would remain muted

Location:

BRAZIL

The outlook for the business climate.

Bank profits rise despite credit slump in Argentina

Location:

ARGENTINA

Banking sector performance.

BNDES reform may shake up financing in Brazil

Location:

BRAZIL

Reform of the National Development Bank.

US will increase Paraguay money-laundering pressures

Location:

PARAGUAY

The bill, which now goes to the Lower House, is in line with demands from Gafilat, the Latin American affiliate of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which began a…

Fintechs may shake up traditional banking in Brazil

Location:

BRAZIL

Although fintechs may increase efficiency and competition in the financial system, they may also pose risks to the banking sector if they are poorly regulated. In March the…