Costa Rica Bank

PANAMANIAN BANK OPENS SERVICES IN COSTA RICA, May 29, 2009
The Panamanian bank, Banco General, opened its Costa Rican branch in La Torre Banco General in Trejos Montealegre, Escazú, just west of the capital.Banco General was the first private Panamanian capital bank founded in 1955. At the close of 2008, its worth was about $1.004 million. The bank has at least 2,900 employees and around 360,000 customers. The main bank is in Panama with 60 branches.The financial publication, The Banker, published by the news agency The Financial Times, located in London, granted the bank the “Bank of the Year” award in Panama last year, an honor that the publication gives out every year to one bank in each country.Some of their services include: personal accounts, corporate accounts, ATMs, teller services, training and saving products, debit and credit cards and personal and corporate credit services, among others.