Bladex, The Panama Trade Bank Few Foreigners Know Maps Its Next Decade

Banking

Key Facts

—The bank. Bladex is a Panama-based lender, set up in 1979 by the region’s central banks to finance Latin American trade.

—The result. It earned a record net profit of about 227 million dollars in 2025, up roughly a tenth on the year.

—The book. Its commercial loan portfolio reached 11.2 billion dollars, nearly double its size in 2021.