Costa Rica: Bank Earnings Down 34%

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Data from banking superintendent SUGEF shows that state-owned banks fared worse than privately-owned ones. The first suffered from a 37% reduction in earnings, while the latter 28%.

"Almost all the banks earned less. The only one earning more was Citi", reported Elfinancierocr.com.

Source: elfinancierocr.com

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Costa Rica: State Owned Banks Earn 28% Less

January 2010

From January to November 2009, earnings at state banks reached $125 million, 28.4% less than the same period of 2008.

Banks blame the economic crisis, which caused a sharp contraction in credit.

"Data from the Banking Superintendence (Sugef), also points to other factors, like increased administrative expenses, and in some cases, less earnings for services", reported Prensalibre.cr.

El Salvador: Banking Profits Down 63.5%

November 2009

Salvadoran banks made a profit of $43.6 million in the first 9 months of the year, $75 million less than the same period 2008.

All the banks in the system fared worse than last year, with the exception of Banco Azteca and Citibank.

"Credit was down 9%, as there were less loans granted to the private sector", reported Elsalvador.com.

Costa Rica: Earnings by state and public sector banks fall

August 2008

State and public sector banks' earnings fell during the first semester of the year in comparison to the same period from the previous year due to lower profits at the Banco Popular Bank.

Together, the net profits (after taxes and dividends) of the three state banks and the Banco Popular Bank added up to almost $47 billion, 14% less than the figure for the first semester of last year.

Revenues Down in Costa Rican Private Banks

February 2011

Nine of the eleven private banks operating in the market generated fewer profits in 2010 than in 2009.

The data published by the Superintendence of Financial Institutions (SUGEF), dos not provide information on Bansol, which began operations in November 2010.

"Private banks were mainly affected by the 9% drop of the dollar in 2010, as most of their assets are in that currency," reported the article in Nacion.com, "Since financial statements are done in Colones, transferring their assets from Dollars into Colones results in a lower valuation due to lost value in the price of the currency."