Bancolombia Owner Closes $1.4 Billion Sale of Panama’s Banistmo
The Banistmo sale is now done: Bancolombia parent Grupo Cibest has handed its Panama bank to a Salvadoran group for...
July 1, 2026Section
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BTG Makes Its First Growth Bet Outside Brazil, on a Colombian Fintech
Brazil's biggest investment bank has led an eighty-five-million-dollar round in Colombian fintech Addi, its first growth-equity deal beyond home.
July 1, 2026
Bogotá’s Film Market Bets on Netflix to Go Regional
The Bogotá Audiovisual Market opens on July 6, and this year the regional film industry's dealmaking hub adds a Netflix-backed...
July 1, 2026
Colombia Raises Its Interest Rate to 12%, Bucking Latin America’s Easing Trend
Colombia's central bank raised its benchmark rate 75bp to 12% on June 30—275bp above January's level. Here's what the split...
July 1, 2026
Colombian Stocks Ease as the Central Bank Lifts Rates to 12 Percent
Colombia's COLCAP fell 0.75% to 2,269 on June 30 as the central bank lifted its main rate to 12%, weighing...
July 1, 2026
Colombia’s Incoming Finance Minister: What Miguel Gómez Means for Foreigners
Colombia finance minister Miguel Gómez, named June 30, pledges central bank independence and record debt control—here's what foreigners must know...
July 1, 2026
Colombia’s 100 Biggest Firms Now Earn as Much as the Whole Economy
Colombia largest companies generated $538bn in 2025—99.9% of GDP. Top 100 earned $178bn, profits surged 13% as Ecopetrol led mining...
June 30, 2026
Colombia’s De la Espriella Opens His Books, and Asks for Help
Colombia president-elect De la Espriella used his first address to flag record public debt, a sixty-million-dollar IDB lifeline and a...
June 30, 2026
The $3.6 Billion Deal Petro Killed Now Haunts Ecopetrol
The Permian deal Petro blocked Ecopetrol from doing in 2024 is now valued at billions in lost upside as Colombia's...
June 30, 2026