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Banking in a challenging macroeconomic environment

Season 1, Ep. 1

Our first episode focuses on how the current challenging macroeconomic and political context is affecting the Latin America region, and how banks are coping in the current high interest rate environment. We also discuss recent developments regarding financial inclusion in the region. 

 

Our guests are: 

  • Martin Spicer, regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, International Finance Corporation
  • Germana Cruz, CEO and head of financial institutions, Latin America, Standard Chartered
  • Alejandro Garcia, regional group head for financial institutions, Latin America, Fitch Ratings
  • Mauricio Zuluaga, liquidity management director, Citi Latin America
  • David Goldschmidt, vice-president, head of cross-border real-time payments, Mastercard

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