Banco General, S.A.
Number 1 of 39 banks in Panamá by local loans, data to Aug 2026. Every figure is as filed with the Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá, and each traces to a document and its SHA-256 fingerprint.
US$11,722mLocal loans, Aug 2026
17.75%Of the system's local loans: number 1 of 39 banks
+5.2%Change in twelve months
NoneDeposit insurance in Panamá
Ownership
Who owns it, and what changed.
- In Panamá: Banco General, 17.8% of local loans.
- General licence · Panamanian
- Panamá
- Apr 1955
- 77
- As listed by the SBP. Capital origin is the regulator's label and can lag a change of owner.
Centro Bancario Internacional: bancos operativos, procedencia de capital, resoluciones (agosto 2026) · Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá · sha256 89c016f270a7
Loans over time
Banco General's loan book, Dec 2017 to Aug 2026.
| Date | US$ million |
|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 11,722.0 |
| Dec 2025 | 11,344.2 |
| Dec 2024 | 10,908.5 |
| Dec 2023 | 10,408.7 |
| Dec 2022 | 10,265.9 |
| Dec 2021 | 9,953.2 |
| Dec 2020 | 10,123.3 |
| Dec 2019 | – |
| Dec 2018 | 10,402.5 |
| Dec 2017 | 10,023.0 |
Local loans (préstamo local), the bank's total local loan book. Year-ends and the latest month, in US dollars (balboas). Dollar figures above: SBP, balboas (= US$).
A dash: no figure for this bank that month, either none filed or a sheet the build leaves out. See the method
Safety net and sources
What stands behind a deposit here.
- No deposit insurance. The IMF's January 2024 assessment asked Panamá to create one, and a lender of last resort.
IMF Executive Board concludes 2023 Financial System Stability Assessment with Panamá (Press Release 24/03) · International Monetary Fund · sha256 21cc623ce089 - Sistema Bancario Nacional: saldo de créditos al comercio local por banco, incl. préstamo local total (ene 2017–ago 2026) · Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá · sha256 0e795ed19722
- Cite as: Acta, The Register, Banco General, S.A., data to Aug 2026. https://www.actaregistro.com/register/panama/banco-general
Right of reply
If something here is wrong, tell us.
Figures are printed as filed with the SBP. If you speak for Banco General and believe a figure or an ownership line is wrong, write to us and to the supervisor; corrections are made in public.