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ARTICLE · 05 JULY 2017

Banking Law Reformed To Step Up Compliance

The Law on Modernization and Strengthening of Paraguayan Financial System Regulations (Law 5,787/16) modified the previous banking law in the following key ways:

ParaguayFinance and Banking

The Law on Modernization and Strengthening of Paraguayan Financial System Regulations (Law 5,787/16) modified the previous banking law in the following key ways:

  1. Initial vetting for establishment of financial entities. The Paraguayan Central Bank ("BCP") may reject applications to establish banks and other financial institutions when it is not fully satisfied with the suitability of the project or the profile of the directors, administrators or auditors, taking into account the profile of the shareholders and origin of its capital funding.
  2. Transparency regarding final beneficiaries. The BCP may request information regarding any shareholder of a financial entity, up to the final beneficiary of a corporate entity shareholder.

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