For the press

At the meeting held today between the Minister of the Treasury and Public Credit, the  Governor of Banco de la República, the Financial Superintendent, and the director of the Financial Institutions Guarantee Fund - (Fogafín in Spanish) along with the director of the Financial Regulatory…

Washington, DC: Among the fastest recoveries in the region, Colombia’s economy rebounded strongly, driven by private consumption, in 2021. With progress on vaccinations and continued reopening of the economy, strong growth momentum is expected to continue in the near term,…

According to the thirteenth version of the Opinion Panel of the Cifras & Conceptos firm, Banco de la República was once again recognized as the institution that generates the most trust among opinion leaders. This year it received a rating of 69 points out of 100, which is a higher score…

A meeting between the Minister of the Treasury and Public Credit, the Governor of Banco de la República, the Financial Superintendent, the Director of the Financial Institution Guarantee Fund – Fogafín, and the Director of the Financial Regulation Unit – (URF in Spanish) was held on the morning…

During what has been challenging time for Latin American countries and for their most vulnerable population, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, María Paula Gutiérrez Hurtado, a college student, won the "Ideas for the Future" Prize for 2021 with an essay that highlights the need for…

El pasado jueves 20 de mayo de 2021, Leonardo Villar, gerente general del Banco de la República, fue nombrado presidente de la Junta de Gobierno del Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latinoamericanos (CEMLA) para el periodo 2021-2023. Este es el segundo periodo consecutivo en el que el…

Our corporate portal www.banrep.gov.co will be undergoing scheduled maintenance starting at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 7. As a result, the services on the website will be intermittent, possibly presenting errors in the queries made throughout the night.…

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded on April 28, 2021 its review of Colombia’s qualification for the arrangement under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) and reaffirmed Colombia’s continued qualification to access FCL resources.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) recently published a report on capital flows, exchange rates, and monetary policy frameworks in Latin American and other economies. The report explores the main drivers of swings in exchange rates and capital flows in recent years, the transmission…

In today’s remote meeting, the Committee for the Coordination and Surveillance of the Financial System, comprised of the Minister of Finance and Public Credit, the Governor of Banco de la República, the Financial Superintendent, and the Director of FOGAFIN (Colombian agency that provides deposit…

The Board of Directors of Banco de la República, at its meeting today approved the financial statements of the institution for 2020. Both the Auditor General to the Bank and the external auditing firm KPMG S.A.S. issued an unqualified opinion on them. Additionally, the Office of the Financial…

"Returning to this entity is one of the things that I find very exciting," said the new Governor, who was a member of the Board of Directors from 1997 to 2009.

This Monday, January 4, Leonardo Villar Gómez took office as the new Governor of Banco de la República. Upon taking office, the…

The Governor of the Banco de la República, Juan José Echavarría, participated in the XXXVIII meeting of the South American Central Banks Governors  held on November 20 and which, on this occasion, was organized by the Central Reserve Bank of Peru. This meeting is held yearly and constitutes…

With a score of 68 points out of 100, Banco de la República was recognized as the institution that generates the most confidence among the country's opinion leaders. This is according to the twelfth version of an opinion poll conducted by Cifras & Conceptos.

The firm surveyed 2,004…

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved today a request by the Colombian authorities to increase access under its current Flexible Credit Line (FCL) arrangement  to 600% of Colombia’s quota, equivalent to USD 17.2 billion. The two-year arrangement remains in…

During the first semester of 2021, as part of modernization and digital transformation undertaken by the Foreign Exchange Affairs and Settlements Department, there will be changes in the procedures to record international investments. So, there might be some adjustments to the procedures…

Given the health emergency situation in the country, the service hours at our windows are modified starting Tuesday 19 April 2020, as follows:

In Bogotá:

Calle 13 # 35-25 (Industrial Area)

Mondays through Fridays from 7:00 am to 1:00 pm, non-…

In its virtual meeting today, the Committee for the Coordination and Surveillance of the Financial System, whose members are the Minister of Finance, the Governor of the Central Bank, the Financial Superintendent, and the Director of FOGAFIN (National Deposit Insurance Fund), analyzed aspects…

Today, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the renewal of the country's Flexible Credit Line (FCL) with that institution by the amount of SDR 7.8496 billion (i.e., 384% of Colombia's quota), which is equivalent to about USD 10.8 billion