viernes, noviembre 20, 2009

Venezuela Takes Operational Control Of Four Small Banks/ Hugo Chávez interviene cuatro bancos en Venezuela


The Venezuelan government took operational control of four small banks, citing a number of irregularities ranging from missing government-imposed lending quotas to failing to explain a capital expansion by the banks. "It's an open-door intervention," Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said Friday. "The banks will continue to operate as usual," he said. The measure is directed at Banco Confederado SA (BCF.CA), Banco Canarias de Venezuela CA (BCA.CA), Banco Provivienda and Bolivar Banco. The intervention doesn't threaten the financial sector since the banks account for only about 6% of deposits in the country and are likely to continue operating normally.A group of investors headed by local businessman Ricardo Fernandez controls the four banks. Fernandez also owns a number of food companies that supply a chain of government-subsidized grocery stores known as Mercal, which have been one of President Hugo Chavez's flagship projects ( full information)/ El ministro de Economía, Alí Rodríguez, dijo en conferencia de prensa que las autoridades decidieron la intervención a puertas abiertas de los cuatro bancos por un conjunto de incumplimientos relacionados con el aumento de capital sin especificar el origen de los fondos, de los indices de solvencia, de carteras dirigidas y la prohibición de realizar operaciones con empresas vinculadas....Las cuatro entidades fueron adquiridas entre septiembre y octubre por un grupo de inversionistas encabezados por Fernández, quien mantiene negocios en el área de alimentos y vende productos a la red de mercados estatales Mercal ( información completa)

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