Mexico’s leading banks face new competition

Wave of IPOs could propel ‘mid-sized’ banks; HSBC emerging as a potentially serious player.

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The leading Mexican banks face renewed pressure from a resurgent HSBC and also from a potential wave of smaller banks that could conduct IPOs to enable them to pursue rapid growth strategies.

Alejandro Tapia, banking analyst with Fitch Ratings in Mexico City, believes that following Banco del Bajío’s IPO on June 8 there is an “increasing probability of mid-sized bank IPOs” in Mexico – classified as those with market shares of between 0.5% and 2.0%.

Tapia says this segment has shown “an appetite for strengthening the size of their franchises and business profiles” at “a faster rate” than the industry average.

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