Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. (English: Foreign Trade Bank of Latin America, known as Bladex, its commercial trademark) is a multinational bank. Founded in 1977 as Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. and renamed in June 2009,
the company is headquartered in
Panama City
Panama City ( es, Ciudad de Panamá, links=no; ), also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama. It has an urban population of 880,691, with over 1.5 million in its metropolitan area. The city is locat ...
and finances
Latin America and the Caribbean
The term Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is an English-language acronym referring to the Latin American and the Caribbean region. The term LAC covers an extensive region, extending from The Bahamas and Mexico to Argentina and Chile. The re ...
foreign trade.
History
In May 1975, the Republic of Panama proposed to the Central Bank Governors of Latin America for export finance, it was approved in 1976, organized in 1977, incoporporated in 1978, and opened for business on January 2, 1979.
[ It was the first Latin American to be listed on the NYSE in 1992. It was one of the tenants in One World Trade Center. It is one of the ]Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange (B)
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Business
The company finances Latin America and the Caribbean foreign trade through commercial (short and medium-term bilateral, structured and syndicated credits, and loan commitments) and treasury segments.
Current and former board members
* Manuel Sánchez (economist)
Manuel Sánchez (Monterrey, Nuevo León, July 27, 1950) is a Mexican economist with a wide-ranging professional career that includes positions in academics, banking, and central banking. He was nominated by President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa on ...
* Herminio Blanco Mendoza
Herminio Alonso Blanco Mendoza (born July 25, 1950 in Chihuahua) is a Mexican economist.''Diccionario biográfico del gobierno mexicano'', Ed. Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 1992.
Herminio Blanco has 27 years of experience in internat ...
* Guillermo Wiese de Osma
Guillermo Wiese de Osma (1927 in Paris – April 27, 1999 in Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian businessman and lawyer. He was the son of Augusto N. Wiese Eslava and Virginia de Osma Porras, who had another 4 children (Clotilde, Silvia, Mary Virginia an ...
External links
Official Website
References
Banks established in 1977
Banks of Panama
Multinational companies
Companies based in Panama City
Panamanian brands
1977 establishments in Panama
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