The Superintendent of Banks, Amauri A. Castillo, received a courtesy visit from Mr. Gerd Weissbach, Director General for Sparkassenstiftung Alemana Latinoamérica.
With the purpose of strengthen technical activities and the students’ learning process, the Superintendency of Banks of Panama (SBP) made a significant donation of technological equipment to Centro Regional de Panamá Oeste of Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP).
Focused on enhancing the National Strategy for Financial Education (ENEF, for its acronym in Spanish) initiative, which aims to raise the financial culture of the country, the Superintendency of Banks of Panama (SBP) participated in the David International Fair 2022 with the stand “Tu Balboa con Sentido.”
According to the Banking Activity Report (IAB, for its acronym in Spanish), issued by the Superintendency of Banks of Panama, the deposits recorded in the banking system as of January 2022 totaled USD 98.56 billion, an increase of USD 2.11 billion versus January 2021.
As of Wednesday, February 23, 2022, the modification of the percentages for the distribution of the Special Interest Compensation Fund (FECI, for its acronym in Spanish) to the agricultural sector came into force, announced by the President of the Republic, Laurentino Cortizo Cohen...
The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) is part of the multilateral institutions supporting the initiative for the implementation of the National Strategy for Financial Education (ENEF, for its acronym in Spanish) in Panama.
During 2021, the Superintendency of Banks held 498 training sessions on topics related to technical knowledge, skills development, and complementary training.
The Superintendency of Banks of Panama (SBP) and the Panamanian Institute of Autonomous Cooperatives (IPACOOP) signed a collaboration and cooperation agreement to continue raising the financial education of the Panamanian population.
According to the Banking Activity Report as of November 2021, new loans granted by the National Banking System (NBS) stood at USD 15.96 billion, which represents an increase of 17% versus the same period of 2020, when it reached USD 13.60 billion, i.e. USD 2.37 billion more.
