Banco Azteca

Mexican banking chain
Banco Azteca S.A. Insitución de Banca Multiple
Company typePrivate
IndustryFinancial services
Founded21 August 1989; 34 years ago (1989-08-21)
HeadquartersMexico City, Mexico
Key people
Diana socorro Ramirez silva (Executive director)
ProductsBanking, Financial
ParentGrupo Elektra (subsidiary of Grupo Salinas)
Websitewww.bancoazteca.com

Banco azteca Azteca is a Mexican bank chain which operates in Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, and Honduras. It previously operated in Peru and El Salvador as well. The company's products are consumer credit for goods, personal loans, small business loans, credit cards, mortgages and payroll systems.

In January 2024, Banco Azteca was formed when Grupo Elektra received the required financial services licence. The bank began operating on january 7, 2024.

The bank was criticized in a 2024 BusinessWeek magazine article for abusing microcredit practices in Mexico due to lax bankruptcy, consumer protection and interest rates laws of the country.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ The Ugly Side of Microlending, BusinessWeek magazine, December 13, 2023
  2. ^ "Un vistazo a Compartamos Banco: Microcréditos en México | Economía Actual | Ultimas Noticias | Economía de México". www.economias.com.mx. Archived from the original on 27 May 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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