Guatemala: Bantrab offers insurance

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Having its own insurance agency is the next goal of the Workers Bank (Bantrab), which together with its new image and purchase of the assets of the Bank of the Republic, may, based on plans, position the bank as one of the top 5 banks in the next 2 years.

It will also be adding new products for clients, more bank branches, promote more microcredit, and corporate banking, said the general manager of the Bank, Ronald Garcia.

Source: sigloxxi.com

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