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Introduction – The world is in a state of financial crisis and adjustment. Many fear bank closures, failures, holidays, stock market closures etc. So the big question is how is Panama’s financial strength and integrity during these trying times. We have the answers.
Panama and Foreign Markets – Panama is not dependent on foreign markets. Banks run on Panama deposits. Maybe clients deposit money while living abroad but it is still considered a local deposit.
Panama Banks Capital Requirements – The Panama Banks are currently running at about twice the required capital requirements.
Panama Bank Liquidity - Panama banks liquidity is running about 58% of deposits. USA was probably under 1%.
Panama Central Bank – Whoops we have no central bank. No federal reserve to loan money to the government that causes the citizens to pay higher taxes to repay this debt. We use the US dollar as our national currency thus no interest payments going to any central bank.
Panama Economy – We had a 9.5% growth in our economy. There is a real estate boom. The Panama Canal expansion, a several billion-dollar project is well under way. It is hard to find parking spaces at the malls. There is a shortage of office space to rent in the city. There is a shortage of hotel rooms. No sub prime mortgages in Panama. Real estate down payments run 30% to 40%. Auto loans run 30% down. Most credit cards issued by the Panama banks are secured cards or debit cards. Banks are very healthy.
Multi Currency Accounts - Welcome. The banks we use offer US Dollar, UK pound Sterling, Euro and Swiss Franc (ch). If one goes down another generally goes up, so if you spread your funds out amongst different currencies you should be able to ride out the fluctuations without losing purchasing power.
Questions welcome.
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