The National Bank of Panama ( es, Banco Nacional de Panamá) (BNP) is one of two

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

nian government-owned banks. As of January 2009, it held deposits of about US$5 billion. The other government-owned bank is ''Caja de Ahorros de Panamá'' ( Savings Bank of Panama), with about US$1 billion in total deposits. Panama has never had an official

central bank A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union, and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...

. The National Bank of Panama was responsible for nonmonetary aspects of central banking in Panama, assisted by the National Banking Commission (''Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores''), which was created along with the country's International Financial Center, and was charged with licensing and supervising banks.

General managers - ''Gerentes generales''

* Albino H. Arosemena, 1904-1909 *

Rodolfo Chiari Rodolfo Chiari Robles (November 15, 1869 in Aguadulce – August 16, 1937 in Monrovia, California) was a Panamanian politician of the National Liberal Party. Chiari was the general manager of National Bank of Panama from 1909 to 1914. He ...

, 1909-1914 * Francisco Mata Arosemena, 1914 * Ramón Felipe Acevedo, 1914-1916 * José Agustin Arango Ch., 1916-1924 * Próspero Pinel, 1924-1926 * Tomás Gabriel Duque, 1926 * Enrique Linares, 1926-1932 * Eduardo de Alba, 1932-1954 * Florencio de Ycaza, 1954 * Henrique de Obarrio, 1954-1960 * René Orillac Arango, 1960-1964 * Jorge T. Velásquez, 1964-1967 * Fernando Díaz González, 1967-1969 * Eduardo McCullough, 1969 * Enrique Jamarillo Jr., 1969-1970 *

Ricardo de la Espriella Ricardo de la Espriella Toral (born 5 September 1934) is a Panamanian politician who was the President of Panama from 31 July 1982 to 13 February 1984. Early career Ricardo de la Espriella is a Stanford-trained economist. Espriella was the g ...

, 1970 - 1978 *

Luis Alberto Arias Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

, 1978 - July 1987 *

Rafael Arosemena Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

, July 1987 - ? * Jose B. Espino, ? - 1988 - ? * Luis H. Moreno, 1989 - 1994 *

José Antonio de la Ossa José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

, September 1994 - May 1998 * Eduardo C. Urriola R., 1998 - 1999 * Bolívar Pariente Castillero, September 1999 - September 2004 *

Juan Ricardo De Dianous ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

, September 2004 - June 2009 * Darío Ernesto Berbey De La Rosa, July 2009 - June 2014 * Rolando de León de Alba, July 2014 - July 2019 * Javier Carrizo Esquivel, July 2019 -

References

External links

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Banco Nacional de Panamá
official website
Banco Nacional de Panamá Deposit Trend
Banks of Panama

1911 establishments in Panama Banks established in 1911 1904 establishments in Panama {{Panama-stub

General managers - ''Gerentes generales''

See also

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