Miguel Ángel Marcano

This past July 2 nd , 2019, a simple but elegant welcoming event took place at Ciudad de Panama ’s Bristol Hotel , where all of Banesco’s clients, friends and acquaintances were able to meet Mr. Alfonso Pietro , Banesco’s new Executive President and General Manager, replacing Carlos Alberto Escotet . During his introductory speech as Banesco Panama’s new C.E.O., he said: “I take this position with a clear commitment to continue growing together. Banks contribute clearly to any country’s economy, but in Banesco’s case, we are set apart thanks to our commitment to also helping the people, as we firmly believe that clients are the main reason behind the bank’s existence.” He also expressed his intentions to continue the work that Escotet started, which he considers is key when it comes to keeping the bank’s position . He also insisted that the work that has been done to place Banesco Panama in the seventh place when it comes to the country’s top banks will continue to ...

Banesco Panama is proud to announce the complete success of our pilot international money transfer test , made with Peru through the Ripple network’s Blockchain , a shared database that acts as a logbook for all types of transactions, including sales and acquisitions. The world of technology advances on the daily, and nowadays we can talk to people all over the world in a matter of seconds. This fast growth also applies to the banking world , which allows for transactions to be made from and to anywhere on the planet. This network is currently used by a large number of banking groups all over the world, including: Santander, Kuwait’s National Bank , CIMB Group – Asia’s fifth largest bank – two Australian banks and the Saudi Arabia Bank . The Ripple network is an Open Source virtual payment system that uses Blockchain technology in order to make real-time payments. Nowadays, it is considered the currency of all banks, since it is used by large financial entities all ove...

During the celebration of Panama City’s 500 years, on Tuesday, April 9th, the Forum Panama 500: The First City of the Pacific was organized by Grupo Prisa, the journal El Pais, Cadena Ser, and funded by Banesco Panama and other businesses.   It was a space for debate and analysis for experts, entrepreneurs, and political figures about the historical origin, culture, and intelligent future of the city. Our CEO, Carlos Eduardo Escotet , talked alongside Mercedes Eleta, President of APEDE; Marco Fernandez, national analyst of Global Source Partners Panama; and Linda Maguire, representative of the PNUD in Panama, in a round table called Panama, a country in sustainable development. “We have to transform digital development in a facilitator of the physical world to generate more empathic businesses with people and their ideas filled with experience. ” This was one of most remembered phrases of our CEO. The President of Banesco International , Juan Carlos Escotet , also pa...