PANAMA CITY, June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. ("Bladex" or "the Bank"; NYSE: BLX) announced the recent closing of a US$100 million three-year syndicated facility (the "Facility") in favor of the Guatemalan bank Banco Promerica, S.A. ("Banco Promerica Guatemala" or the "Bank"). Bladex was the Sole Lead Arranger and Bookrunner, and Administrative Agent for the Facility. The deal constitutes the biggest international syndicated facility arranged yet, for Banco Prom ...

PANAMA CITY, June 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. ("Bladex" or the "Bank"; NYSE: BLX) announced today the successful closing of a US$100 million senior unsecured syndicated up to 3 years (the "Facility") for Forum Servicios Financieros, S.A. ("Forum" or the "Company"). Bladex acted as Sole Lead Arranger and Bookrunner and shall act as the Administrative Agent for the Facility. Established in 1993, Forum is the leading player in the auto-financing industry in Chile. ...

PANAMA CITY, Republic of Panama, May 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior (Bladex) announced today the successful closing of a US$500 million Club Deal Long Term Facility for Grupo De Inversiones Suramericana, S.A. Bladex acts as Joint Lead Arranger along with BBVA, Itaú, Banco General y Citibank in a landmark transaction in Colombia. The funds from the facility will be used to finance the Public Tender Offer (OPA) launched by Grupo Sura for the acquisition of the remaining sh ...

Mr. Jorge Salas, Chief Executive Officer of Bladex, added: "We are very pleased to announce the largest syndicated facility ever closed in Bladex's history. This facility brings diversification to our funding structure and complements our robust deposit base, which has experienced sustained growth since the implementation of our strategic plan. Bladex will use these funds to continue fostering growth and foreign trade in our member countries." PANAMA CITY, Republic of Panama, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ba ...

Capital reserve Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S. A. and Subsidiaries Notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements (Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated) 22. Applicable laws and regulations (continued) Credit risk coverage - dynamic provision As of March 31, 2024, and December 31, 2023, the total amount of the dynamic provision calculated according to the guidelines of Rule No. 4-2013 of the SBP is $136 million for both periods ...

PANAMA CITY, April 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. ("Bladex" or "the Bank") announced today that the Bank filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 (the "2023 Annual Report") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The 2023 Annual Report and audited financial statements can be accessed by visiting either the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or Bladex's website at www.bladex.com.  The Bank can also provide a co ...

Date: April 25, 2024 By: /s/ Ana Graciela de Méndez Name: Ana Graciela de Méndez Title: Chief Financial Officer Commission File Number 1-11414 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F x Form 40-F o BLADEX FILES ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F Bladex, a multinational bank originally established by the central banks of Latin-American and Caribbean countries, began operations in 1979 to promote foreign trade and economic integra ...

depositors due, among other factors, to any change in their U.S. dollar liquidity strategies which currently include making deposits with the Bank, could have a material adverse effect on the Bank's liquidity, results of operations and financial condition. In addition, if some private or state-owned international banks cease to provide deposits to the Bank or cease to provide funding to the Bank at historically applicable interest rates, the Bank would have to seek funding from other sources, which may not ...

With this, let me now turn the call back to Jorge. Thank you. Growth of the credit book was 3% quarter-on-quarter and 12% year-on-year, with pristine asset quality. At the same time, deposits increased 7% quarter-over-quarter and 32% year-on-year, gaining a larger share of our funding structure. I will now go into more detail on the financial performance during the first quarter of 2024, starting on Slide 3. As Jorge introduced, the bank continued to improve its bottom line results, reaching net income in e ...

PANAMA CITY, April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. ("Bladex" or the "Bank"), announced today its Board of Directors' approval of a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.50 per share corresponding to the first quarter of 2024. The cash dividend is payable May 15, 2024 to the Bank's stockholders as of April 29, 2024 record date. As of March 31, 2024, Bladex had 36,727,297.73 shares outstanding of all classes. Bladex, a multinational bank originally established by the centra ...