Banco La Hipotecaria, S. A.
Number 15 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$737mLocal loans, Aug 2026
1.12%Of the system's local loans: number 15 of 39 banks
+7.1%Change in twelve months
NoneDeposit insurance in Panamá
Ownership
Who owns it, and what changed.
- Regional group: Cuscatlán (Inversiones Cuscatlán Centroamérica).
Grupo Cibest 6-K: La Hipotecaria, a subsidiary of Inversiones Cuscatlán Centroamérica · Grupo Cibest, SEC · sha256 bbca331adc77
Sister banks in the Register: Banistmo (Panamá), Banco Cuscatlán de El Salvador (El Salvador), Banco Cuscatlán Honduras (Honduras) - In Panamá: Grupo BSC / Cuscatlán, 12.0% of local loans with Banistmo.
- Grupo Cibest completes the sale of 100% of Banistmo to Banco La Hipotecaria for US$1.418 billion.
Grupo Cibest 2Q26 results press release (Form 6-K) · US SEC / Grupo Cibest S.A. · sha256 0d17ccf6ab9b - SBP authorises the change of control of Banistmo.
Resolución SBP-BAN-R-2026-00378: transfer of 100% of Banistmo shares to Banco La Hipotecaria · Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá · sha256 2d522c2ef62b - Closing of the purchase of La Hipotecaria by the Cuscatlán group, disclosed to the El Salvador exchange.
Hecho de importancia: closing of the La Hipotecaria acquisition · Bolsa de Valores de El Salvador · sha256 17fb878777da - SBP authorises the change of control of Banco La Hipotecaria.
Resolución SBP-BAN-R-2025-00333: transfer of La Hipotecaria (Holding) to Inversiones Cuscatlán Centroamérica · Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá · sha256 ccf57a9684ae
- General licence · Panamanian
- Panamá
- Jun 2010
- 1
- As listed by the SBP. Capital origin is the regulator's label and can lag a change of owner.
Centro Bancario Internacional: bancos operativos, procedencia de capital, resoluciones (agosto 2026) · Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá · sha256 89c016f270a7
Loans over time
Banco La Hipotecaria's loan book, Dec 2017 to Aug 2026.
| Date | US$ million |
|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 736.9 |
| Dec 2025 | 711.9 |
| Dec 2024 | 617.2 |
| Dec 2023 | 594.7 |
| Dec 2022 | 534.2 |
| Dec 2021 | 455.3 |
| Dec 2020 | 532.1 |
| Dec 2019 | – |
| Dec 2018 | 500.1 |
| Dec 2017 | 433.9 |
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 La Hipotecaria, S. A., data to Aug 2026. https://www.actaregistro.com/register/panama/banco-la-hipotecaria
Right of reply
If something here is wrong, tell us.
Figures are printed as filed with the SBP. If you speak for Banco La Hipotecaria and believe a figure or an ownership line is wrong, write to us and to the supervisor; corrections are made in public.