Article: VENEZUELA: VENEZUELAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM IS SMALLEST IN THE REGION u SOFTLINE REPORT.

According to oInvest Venezuelao, the Venezuelan financial system is the smallest in Latin America, according to the ranking prepared by Softline Consultants for the first half of 2003. Among the leading economies of the region, Venezuela has the smallest financial system with the lowest capacity for savings and the lowest value loan portfolio. The loans granted by the national financial system total US$4.7 billion, compared with the Colombian system, which has US$15.1 billion outstanding. The net assets of the system total US$2.8 billion, which is evidence of the low demand for credit in the Venezuelan case, according to the Softline report. The ...

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