BEST INTERNET BANKS IN LATIN AMERICA 2009




NEW YORK, July 21, 2009 Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the World’s Best Internet Banks competition in the Middle East and Africa. This is the 10th year Global Finance has named the World’s Best Internet Banks. Details on all First Round winners will be published in the September issue. First Round winners include Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks and Best Consumer Internet Banks at the country level. The Regional and Global winners for these categories will be announced at an Awards Ceremony in New York City in November and published in the December issue of Global Finance. Also announced were Regional winners in Sub-Categories. Global winners in the Sub-Categories will also be announced at the Awards Ceremony and in the December issue. The list of First Round winners follows.

Winners were chosen among entries evaluated by a world-class judging panel. Global Finance editors were responsible for the final selection of winners in the First Round.

Only banks that entered the competition were considered for awards, and awards were only given in those regions, countries and categories in which there were entries.

Winning banks were selected based on the following criteria: strength of strategy for attracting and servicing online customers, success in getting clients to use web offerings, growth of online

customers, breadth of product offerings, evidence of tangible benefits gained from Internet initiatives, and web site design and functionality. Category winners, such as best online cash

management were selected based on the relative strength and success of those web products and services.

In less than a decade, the Internet has transformed the way many consumers and most businesses bank, says Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher of Global Finance. The continuing improvements in Internet offerings represented by this years entries show that more significant Internet banking developments are still ahead of us.

See following for full listing of the World’s Best Internet Banks First Round winners for 2009 in Latin America:



Country Winners:



Best Consumer Internet Banks


Argentina

Santander Rio

Brazil

HSBC

Chile

Banco Santander

Colombia

Bancolombia

Dominican Republic

Scotia Bank

Jamaica

Scotia Bank

Mexico

Banamex

Peru

BBVA Banco Continental

Puerto Rico

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Venezuela

Mercantil Banco Universal



Country Winners:



Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks


Argentina

Citi

Brazil

Citi

Colombia

Citi

Costa Rica

Citi

Dominican Republic

Citi

Ecuador

Citi

El Salvador

Citi

Guatemala

Citi

Haiti

Citi

Honduras

Citi

Jamaica

Citi

Mexico

Banamex

Panama

Citi

Paraguay

Citi

Peru

Citi

Puerto Rico

Citi

Trinidad & Tobago

Citi

Uruguay

Citi

Venezuela

Citi



Regional Sub-Category Winners:



Best Consumer Internet Banks


Best Investment Management Services

Banamex

Best Bill Payment & Presentment

Santander Rio

Best Online Consumer Credit Site

Santander Rio

Best Web Site Design

HSBC

Best Integrated Consumer Bank Site

Banco Santander

Best Information Security Initiatives

Banamex

Best Online Deposits Acquisition

Banco Popular Puerto Rico



Regional Sub-Category Winners:



Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks


Best Investment Management Services

Citi

Best Online Cash Management

Citi

Best Trade Finance Services

Citi

Best Web Site Design

Citi

Best Integrated Corporate Bank Site

Banamex

Best Information Security Initiatives

Citi

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