Global Finance
Names The World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks In Latin America 2014
New York, March 18, 2014
–
Global Finance
magazine has named the World’s Best Emerging Markets Banks in Latin America in an exclusive survey to be published in the May 2014 issue.
Global Finance
editorswith input from industry analysts, corporate executives and banking consultantsselected the best emerging markets bank in the region and in 25 countries.
Criteria for choosing the winners included growth in assets, profitability, strategic relationships, customer service, competitive pricing, and innovative products. In addition, for the first time, a poll of
Global Finance
s corporate readership was conducted in order to increase the accuracy and reliability of the results.
This is the twenty first year that the magazine has selected top banking performers in emerging markets. The report covers best banks in Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.
Faced with slowing growth and volatile markets, these banks are star performers under increasingly challenging conditions, said Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher and editorial director of
Global Finance
. The banks that
Global Finance
is honoring may not be the largest or oldest, but they are the best at targeting their products and offerings to the specific markets they serve.
REGIONAL WINNER |
Banco Santander |
Argentina | Banco Macro |
Barbados | Scotiabank Barbados |
Belize | Belize Bank |
Bolivia | Banco de Crdito de Bolivia |
Brazil | Ita Unibanco |
Chile | Banco de Chile |
Colombia | Bancolombia |
Costa Rica | Banco de Costa Rica |
Dominican Republic | Citi |
Ecuador | Banco Pichincha |
El Salvador | Banco Agrcola |
Guatemala | Banco Industrial |
Honduras | Banco Atlntida |
Jamaica | Scotiabank Jamaica |
Mexico | BBVA Bancomer |
Nicaragua | Banco Lafise Bancentro |
Panama | Banco General |
Paraguay | Banco Ita Paraguay |
Peru | BBVA Continental |
Puerto Rico | Banco Santander Puerto Rico |
Trinidad & Tobago | Scotiabank Trinidad & Tobago |
Turks & Caocos | Scotiabank Turks & Caicos |
Uruguay | BBVA Uruguay |
US Virgin Islands | Scotiabank USVI |
Venezuela | BBVA Banco Provincial |