With strengthened fundamentals the Mexican bank is achieving organic growth through acquisitions and an enhanced international presence, says David Ricardo Suarez

Created in 1950 as a state-owned bank, Banco Popular in Colombia cites improved credit risk management for improved results

After more than 25 years of supporting Omani people and industries, Oman Arab Bank is promoting investment efforts through its Investment Management Group

A perception of good corporate administration is key to the development and long term stability of local markets. It will also attract foreign investors to the UAE

Bank Audi has performed consistently well in recent years, even during the global financial crisis

Banco Espírito Santo Investment (BESI), the investment banking arm of Banco Espírito Santo (BES), has announced plans to acquire a London-based distribution platform, allowing it to operate through the financial markets of London, New York and Hong Kong

Innovation is at the centre of First Citizens Bank, says CEO Larry Howai

Occitan Capital Partners, a London-based startup hedge fund firm founded by a pair of former Goldman Sachs traders, has hired a Nomura banker to take on its chief executive role as the launch of its new fund draws closer, write Matt Turner and Harriet Agnew

Honed by experience in a volatile country, Analytica, Ecuador’s leading investment bank, continues to grow

World Finance interviews Alan Gandelman, CEO of ICAP Brazil, on further growth for Brazil

The financial crisis has had a significant impact on project and acquisition finance lending in the past 24 months. Banif group’s revenues are indicative of the turnaround, writes Vasco Pinto Ferreira

In the private sector, AAIB is making a positive difference in public health and education

Although young, Baiduri Bank has established itself as one of the largest providers of financial products and services in Brunei

Profitability and solvency define BIBM, a financial group with 50 years practice

Founded over 30 years ago by three young local entrepreneurs, CorporaciÛn BCT has grown to be Costa Rica’s largest private, locally owned financial institution