Analysts assess the relative merits of Latin America’s heavyweights and argue that while sovereign defaults are unlikely, the risks have increased.

The bank reports record profits, loan growth and no advance provisioning while Bradesco and Itaú focus on risks ahead.

Breathless reporting of the details of the Argentine government’s offer to bondholders tends to presuppose there is doubt in the outcome.

Peru’s laudable coronavirus emergency measures won’t prevent its banks from taking a substantial hit – so what does that mean for less-well-run economies?

The president of the Inter-American Development Bank tells Euromoney how the bank is reacting to the Covid-19 virus and why he thinks the lasting legacy could be a positive one.

When corporates needed access to credit as the Covid-19 crisis ravaged Brazil’s markets, the big banks baulked or raised their costs dramatically.

Risk that high leverage in global corporates could spark 'new global financial crisis'.

Bank scraps share buyback and postpones dividend decision as COO Arana warns lack of fiscal response from the government risks deeper decline.

They seemed to be emerging, blinking, into the light of a normal financial system under former president Mauricio Macri, but that moment has gone; the new administration has sent real rates negative, while economic and credit growth look to be years away.

Previous crises led to consolidated, profitable sector that should be able to weather coming storm.

It might be too much to say the country was bouncing back before Covid-19 struck, but it was beginning to look a bit better.

The new government’s decision to go after Mercado Libre has the sector worried.

The economic fallout from the virus is beginning to impact regional currencies and growth forecasts.

Analysts still see a sanctuary through the mist, despite Mexico experiencing little growth, confronting a debt overhang at Pemex and bracing for a supply shock as the coronavirus disease spreads.

The government’s response to the lack of financial inclusion is to build thousands of new banks throughout the country, but it faces a big challenge in weaning potential customers away from the black economy.

Four years after Scotiabank last took its investor day on the road, the bank put on a show in Santiago in January to highlight the advances it has made in its international banking strategy.

Brazil’s changing macroeconomic environment is shaking up the investment industry – and there has been no bigger winner than XP Inc.

The gravitational pull of Latin America on Santander has resulted in the move to appoint Santander Brasil CEO Sergio Rial to the bank’s board as executive director.

The rhetorical battle between Argentina’s government, the IMF and bondholders is heating up but the bigger – largely ignored – issue appears to be the country’s looming financial collapse.

The country needs to raise up to $4.5 billion in the international markets this year – and it won’t be easy.

XP has been outperforming even its most optimistic analysts’ projections in recent quarters.

It has made waves with an IPO and by building a strong retail banking platform.