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Banco General Costa Rica

Number 12 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$255mLoans, Sep 2026
0.52%Of the system's loans: number 12 of 14 banks
-2.1%Change in twelve months at constant exchange rates
US$254mDeposits
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 General Costa Rica's loan book, Sep 2023 to Sep 2026.

DateMillion colones
Sep 2026115,565.3
Jun 2026117,839.6
Mar 2026120,306.2
Dec 2025129,004.5
Sep 2025129,510.6
Jun 2025128,315.7
Mar 2025129,333.7
Dec 2024137,494.5
Sep 2024140,543.9
Jun 2024144,896.6
Mar 2024143,092.0
Dec 2023147,912.1
Sep 2023145,082.4

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 General Costa Rica · SUGEF · sha256 af8137d2b995
  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 General Costa Rica, data to Sep 2026. https://www.actaregistro.com/register/costa-rica/banco-general-costa-rica
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Figures are printed as filed with the SUGEF. If you speak for Banco General Costa Rica and believe a figure or an ownership line is wrong, write to us and to the supervisor; corrections are made in public.

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