A dollar shortage and falling international reserves are highlighting the limits of a very heterodox economic model.
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Dollar scarcity threatens Bolivian banking system
May 24, 2023A drop in foreign reserves and fears over devaluation are threatening the Latin American country’s economy, as its third-largest bank faces liquidation.

Banco Central de Bolivia faces up to liquidity crisis
May 17, 2023Bolivia’s central bank president, Edwin Rojas, talks to The Banker about how the bank is tackling a sharp fall in foreign currency reserves.

Why is Latam struggling with fintech?
May 11, 2023Uneven development is curbing excitement about the sector in the region.

JPMorgan rescues First Republic, but what next for US banking stocks?
May 3, 2023Can US regional banks put their problems behind them now that First Republic has been bought by JPMorgan Chase?
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Are you there, God? It’s us… fintech
May 2, 2023Fintech’s age of adolescence has arrived. The adult world of JPMorgan beckons. Recent US banking failures have more to do with start-up growing pains than the traditional banking industry.

Finance minister: Costa Rica’s fiscal consolidation on track
April 28, 2023Costa Rica expects to get off the EU grey list in October, says its finance minister.

Will increased supervision strengthen Latam credit co-operatives?
April 27, 2023The past few years have seen several regulatory changes in a sector that is key to fostering financial inclusion.

Latam central bank governors on the recent banking crisis
April 21, 2023The central bank governors of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Guatemala dismiss concerns about increased financial volatility at the IDB.

SVB: US regulators have generated “a moral hazard”
March 24, 2023While the collapse of SVB might have been predictable, what was surprising was the US regulators’ response and the precedent it sets.