Banistmo, S.A.
Number 3 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$7,194mLocal loans, Aug 2026
10.89%Of the system's local loans: number 3 of 39 banks
-2.3%Change in twelve months
NoneDeposit insurance in Panamá
Ownership
Who owns it, and what changed.
- Regional group: Cuscatlán (Inversiones Cuscatlán Centroamérica). 100%, from 30 Jun 2026.
Grupo Cibest 6-K: completion of the sale of Banistmo · Grupo Cibest, SEC · sha256 bbca331adc77
Sister banks in the Register: Banco Cuscatlán de El Salvador (El Salvador), Banco La Hipotecaria (Panamá), Banco Cuscatlán Honduras (Honduras) - In Panamá: Grupo BSC / Cuscatlán, 12.0% of local loans with Banco La Hipotecaria.
- Grupo Cibest completes the sale of 100% of Banistmo to Banco La Hipotecaria for US$1.418 billion.
Grupo Cibest 2Q26 results press release (Form 6-K) · US SEC / Grupo Cibest S.A. · sha256 0d17ccf6ab9b - SBP authorises the change of control of Banistmo.
Resolución SBP-BAN-R-2026-00378: transfer of 100% of Banistmo shares to Banco La Hipotecaria · Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá · sha256 2d522c2ef62b - Closing of the purchase of La Hipotecaria by the Cuscatlán group, disclosed to the El Salvador exchange.
Hecho de importancia: closing of the La Hipotecaria acquisition · Bolsa de Valores de El Salvador · sha256 17fb878777da - SBP authorises the change of control of Banco La Hipotecaria.
Resolución SBP-BAN-R-2025-00333: transfer of La Hipotecaria (Holding) to Inversiones Cuscatlán Centroamérica · Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá · sha256 ccf57a9684ae
- General licence · foreign
- Colombia
- Oct 2013
- 51
- As listed by the SBP. Capital origin is the regulator's label and can lag a change of owner.
Centro Bancario Internacional: bancos operativos, procedencia de capital, resoluciones (agosto 2026) · Superintendencia de Bancos de Panamá · sha256 89c016f270a7
Loans over time
Banistmo's loan book, Dec 2017 to Aug 2026.
| Date | US$ million |
|---|---|
| Aug 2026 | 7,194.2 |
| Dec 2025 | 7,312.7 |
| Dec 2024 | 7,464.3 |
| Dec 2023 | 7,507.7 |
| Dec 2022 | 7,705.0 |
| Dec 2021 | 7,550.4 |
| Dec 2020 | 7,188.7 |
| Dec 2019 | – |
| Dec 2018 | 6,989.7 |
| Dec 2017 | 6,936.0 |
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, Banistmo, S.A., data to Aug 2026. https://www.actaregistro.com/register/panama/banistmo
Right of reply
If something here is wrong, tell us.
Figures are printed as filed with the SBP. If you speak for Banistmo and believe a figure or an ownership line is wrong, write to us and to the supervisor; corrections are made in public.