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Banco Lafise

Number 8 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$684mLoans, Sep 2026
1.41%Of the system's loans: number 8 of 14 banks
+17.9%Change in twelve months at constant exchange rates
US$959mDeposits
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 Lafise's loan book, Sep 2023 to Sep 2026.

DateMillion colones
Sep 2026310,469.3
Jun 2026287,671.6
Mar 2026276,607.1
Dec 2025284,406.3
Sep 2025284,681.8
Jun 2025272,502.5
Mar 2025261,055.6
Dec 2024283,526.1
Sep 2024276,657.7
Jun 2024277,778.9
Mar 2024259,129.2
Dec 2023247,069.6
Sep 2023236,791.0

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 Lafise · SUGEF · sha256 b9f87bf9efe4
  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 Lafise, data to Sep 2026. https://www.actaregistro.com/register/costa-rica/banco-lafise
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