banking in costa rica

The Government of Costa Rica has presented a legal reform to authorize foreign banks to open branches in the country. Foreign banks currently operate here through financial intermediaries as separate…

Costa Rica News – Following an alert about Alunasa, 7 Costa Rican banks are taking action. The General Superintendency of Financial Institutions (Sugef) has required that they implement actions mitigating the…

Costa Rica News – Ticos now have a new way to streamline banking procedures, through an artificial intelligence system called Layla.

Costa Rica News – Costa Rica has seen a slight increase in the sending of remittances by the third quarter of last year. The increase in sending money abroad was 6%.…

Costa Rica News – The Central Bank uses dollars to reinforce reserves.

Costa Rica News – The Central Bank seized 10,402 counterfeit bills this year.

Costa Rica Scam – This is the story of my friend. I’ll call him Daniel not to embarrass him, although he was the first to admit to me he was an…

Costa Rica News – Banks in Costa Rica have reached an agreement to amend the Self-Regulation for Monitoring of International Transfers to Prevent Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Auto-Regulación para el…