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Mercantil Servicios Financieros (Mercantil) is a Venezuelan holding company of financial services present in 9 countries in America and Europe.Its shares are listed on the Caracas Stock Exchange (MVZ.A and MVZ.B) [1] and it maintains a Level 1 American Depositary Receipt program (ADR) in the over-the-counter market (OTC) in the United States of America (MSFZY and MSFJY3) [2].
The first attempts to create a banking institution in Panama date back to the time when the country was part of Gran Colombia; in 1826 the "Revenga Project" was created, which attempted to establish a national bank for Gran Colombia that would have its headquarters in Bogotá and three other branches located in Caracas, Guayaquil and Panama City; however, the project was never completed and ...
In 1982, the Mercantil Tower skyscraper was built as the new bank headquarter's. In 1994, it was not really affected by the economic crisis in Venezuela. In 2000, Mercantil bought a lot of financial and insurance institutions as Interbank, Venezolana Entidad de Ahorro y Préstamo, Banco Monagas, Seguros Orinoco, among others.
The merger of HSBC Panama and Grupo Banistmo was successfully completed in 2007. But the subsidiary of Grupo Banistmo, Primer Banco del Istmo, was retained until it merged into HSBC Panama in 2009. In 2012, HSBC Holdings plc faced significant challenges due to flawed anti-money laundering controls, resulting in a $1.9 billion fine. [1]
Credicorp is a financial services holding company in Peru with a presence in Colombia, Bolivia, Chile, Panama and the United States. It currently has a universal banking, insurance and pension platform, with a microfinance, investment banking and wealth management presence in Latin America. Krealo, the innovative arm of the corporation, creates ...
On April 1, 2005, the Superintendence of Banks of Panama granted the bank a General Banking License under Resolution SB.No.033-2005. In March 2010, full control of shares of the bank was ceded to Strategic Investors Group, Inc, and on April 21, 2010, the Superintendence of Banks of Panama authorized the change of the bank's legal name to Balboa ...
The SENAN is the result of a merger between the former National Maritime Service and the National Air Service of Panama in 2008. The unit was created as civilian police forces and component of the Public Forces attached to Ministry of Public Security, protect rights and freedoms of people, maintain public order, prevent and investigate crimes, and protect the air and maritime jurisdictional ...
Until October 2001, Banco Santander Central Hispano had a 95.76% stake in the Bolivian bank. On April 18, 2006, Grupo Santander, announced the sale of all of its shares to Banco Mercantil, which acquired Banco Santa Cruz thus creating a new company under the name of Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz S.A. The merger of the two companies resulted in the ...