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Evertec, Inc. (NYSE: EVTC) today announced that its operating subsidiary, Evertec Group, LLC and the selling shareholders of Processa S.A.S agreed to extend the period in which the transaction must close before each party has the right to terminate the purchase agreement. This...

Grupo Inmovis entered and won Colombian banking conglomerate Grupo Aval’s third annual financial technology innovation challenge, with their mobile real estate app Avanca. “How do I find the perfect house according to my budget?” is the question Inmovis hopes Colombians will...

Fitch Ratings’ sector outlook for Andean banks in 2016 reflects diverging trends in the Colombian and Peruvian operating environments on the one hand, and those of Ecuador and Venezuela on the other. ‘While all markets have been sensitive to the decline in commodity...

ACE Limited announced the leadership team it intends to appoint for the Latin America region of the new Chubb Group’s Overseas General Insurance division, which includes Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Central America and the...

Yesterday, Dallas, Texas based Christus Health announced the signing of an agreement with Cali based Grupo Empresarial Coomeva Cooperativa Medica (Coomeva) in Colombia that will lead to definitive agreements in early 2016. Discussions began two years ago between Christus Health,...

Global law firm Baker & McKenzie has launched the Cross Border M&A Index, a study in conjunction with Merger Market, which forecasts a 10% growth in cross border M&A transactions driven primarily by the US, EU, and Asian markets. Still, of the $375 billion (USD)...

On Sept. 11, 2015, Bancolombia announced an agreement to acquire an additional 20% stake in Banco Agromercantil de Guatemala which would bring the bank’s share of Banco Agromercantil de Guatemala’s equity to 60%. Once the transaction is approved by regulators in both...

Credivalores-Crediservicios SAS, a large consumer lender in Colombia, announced on October 13 the successful closing of a COP $ 270,000 million ($93 million USD) syndicated structured loan with a tenor of 60 months and a revolving availability period of 3 years. This new facility...

Multibank, the Colombian bank owned by Panama based Multibank, Inc. has recently released its online banking platform across its various customer segments. The primary phase of the online banking release allows customers to verify balances and make some payments. The second...

Less than a month after announcing that it was suspending domestic activity in the Colombian market, Finance Colombia has learned that Paypal and Davivienda, a major Colombian bank, plan to announce an alliance this week that makes Davivienda the exclusive banking channel for...