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Argentina Best bank: Santander Río Best investment bank: Citi |
Banking in Argentina has been challenging in recent years. Increasingly stringent regulation has required banks to lend to certain segments at capped interest rates, while high inflation has complicated other transactional business. The banking system has, by and large, coped well with the poor business environment, and now (in private) bankers are optimistic about the money to be made in the country – from mortgages and retail lending to corporate loans, securitizations and capital markets.
Bank valuations have risen in Argentina but Enrique Cristofani, chairman and CEO at Santander Río, will not be seeking the IPO that was proposed in 2011 and then pulled as the nation’s fortunes crumbled.