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Banco de Costa Rica (BCR) is a state-owned commercial bank that operates in Costa Rica and Central America. It was founded in 1877 as a private bank and became a public bank in 1948 after a nationalization decree.
Learn about the history, functions and goals of the central bank of Costa Rica, which issues the national currency and regulates the financial system. Find out the current governor, the presidents and the website of the bank.
BNCR is the largest commercial bank in Costa Rica and the second largest in Central America by assets. It offers banking, financial services and has subsidiaries in Panama, the US and other sectors.
Four private banks, the Banco Anglo–Costarricense, the Banco Comercial de Costa Rica, the Banco de Costa Rica and the Banco Mercantil de Costa Rica, issued notes between 1864 and 1917. The Banco Anglo–Costarricense was established in 1864 and issued notes from 1864 to 1917. It later became a state-owned bank and in 1994 went bankrupt and ...
This web page lists financial institutions that have been operating without interruption since their establishment until the present time. It includes the world's oldest bank, the oldest central bank, and the oldest merchant bank, as well as the oldest banks in different countries and regions.
Banco Central de Bolivia Brazil: Brazilian real: Banco Central do Brasil Canada: Canadian dollar: Bank of Canada: float Chile: Chilean peso: Banco Central de Chile Colombia: Colombian peso: Banco de la República Costa Rica: Costa Rican colón: Banco Central de Costa Rica El Salvador: United States dollar: Banco Central de Reserva de El ...
Centenario Banco de Costa Rica. In 1978, on the occasion of the centennial of Banco de Costa Rica, the Central Bank put on circulation a limited number of banknotes printed by Thomas de La Rue, London, with a commemorative inscription on the reverse which reads “1877–CENTENARIO BANCO DE COSTA RICA–1977”, eliminated in the next series.
Costa Rica's rainfall, and its location in the Central American isthmus, which provides easy access to North and South American markets and direct ocean access to the European and Asian Continents. Costa Rica has two seasons, both of which have their own agricultural resources: the tropical wet and dry seasons.