Banco Mercantil S.A.

Bank scandal.(VENEZUELA)
Caribbean Update; 1/1/2010; 720 words; ...system. The country's benchmark bonds have since...Venezuela, including Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria...Banco Universal, Banco Mercantil and BBVA Banco Provincial control about...in Caracas. Venezuela's bolivar fell 2% in unregulated...

VENEZUELA: MOODY'S: SYSTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN FOR VENEZUELAN BANKS.
IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/10/2009; 1173 words; Following its downgrades of Mercantil, C.A., Banco Universal and Banco de Venezuela on December 6, Moody's Investors Service states that it remains...presented by the Venezuelan government's ad hoc interventions of small and medium...

United States : Chavez moves to assert greater control over banks.
TendersInfo; 12/9/2009; 712 words; ...resignation of the banker s brother, who is a minister...historical icon of Mr. Chavez s political movement. Besides...pickpockets. On Sunday, Moody s Investor Services downgraded...banks, the privately run Banco Mercantil and the state-owned Banco...

Venezuela president, facing bank crisis, detains powerful financier; Chavez moves to assert greater control over banks
International Herald Tribune; 12/8/2009; 820 words; ...icon of Mr. Chavez's political movement...On Sunday, Moody's Investor Services downgraded...banks, the privately run Banco Mercantil and the state- owned Banco Venezuela, to a B1 baseline...events." Mr. Chavez's government still faces...

VENEZUELA: MOODY'S DOWNGRADES VENEZUELAN BANKS GIVEN HEIGHTENED UNCERTAINTIES.
IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 12/7/2009; 805 words; Moody's Investors Service downgraded the...bank financial strength ratings of Mercantil, C.A., Banco Universal (Mercantil) and Banco de Venezuela (Banvenez...credit assessment of B1. Moody's also downgraded both banks' local...