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Banco Cathay

Number 14 of 14 banks in Costa Rica by loans, data to Sep 2026. Every figure is as filed with the Superintendencia General de Entidades Financieras, and each traces to a document and its SHA-256 fingerprint.

US$209mLoans, Sep 2026
0.43%Of the system's loans: number 14 of 14 banks
-0.1%Change in twelve months at constant exchange rates
US$316mDeposits
Ownership

Who owns it, and what changed.

  • No owner group on file. The Register names an owner only where a document shows it.
Loans over time

Banco Cathay's loan book, Sep 2023 to Sep 2026.

DateMillion colones
Sep 202694,850.1
Jun 202697,616.8
Mar 202697,090.3
Dec 2025101,103.7
Sep 2025101,749.8
Jun 2025100,614.7
Mar 202599,461.6
Dec 2024102,690.9
Sep 2024112,620.4
Jun 2024109,684.2
Mar 2024107,011.2
Dec 2023109,961.9
Sep 2023113,692.9

Gross loans (current and late up to 90 days, plus over 90 days and in collection). Quarter-ends and the latest month, in local currency as filed. Dollar figures above: SUGEF, colones; dollar figures at 453.56 per US$ for every month (US Treasury, 30 Sep 2026); twelve-month loan changes at constant exchange rates.

Safety net and sources

What stands behind a deposit here.

  1. ₡6,000,000 per person and per bank, about US$13,229, whatever the currency of the deposit; principal only (Fondo de Garantía de Depósitos, BCCR). BANHVI is outside the fund. At the two state commercial banks, Banco Nacional and Banco de Costa Rica, the fund pays first and the State's guarantee covers balances above ₡6m (FGD rules, art. 19; Ley 1644, art. 4).
    Fondo de Garantía de Depósitos · Banco Central de Costa Rica · sha256 73a5a59e4c7e
    Reglamento de gestión del FGD y de las OFG, v5 (19 Aug 2024), art. 19 and considerando IX · SUGEF / CONASSIF · sha256 fe5ca02375c1
  2. Balance de situación, análisis financiero: Banco Cathay · SUGEF · sha256 d9372ccd85f3
  3. Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange, 30 Sep 2026 (Costa Rica-Colon 453.56) · US Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · sha256 2425b90d9e6a
  4. Cite as: Acta, The Register, Banco Cathay, data to Sep 2026. https://www.actaregistro.com/register/costa-rica/banco-cathay
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