
Dollarized Economies: Why Panama and Ecuador Change the Math
FX risk adds 3-4% hidden cost to local-currency financing. Dollarized markets eliminate it , but bring their own dynamics.
Articles about alternative financing, tokenization, and LATAM markets.

FX risk adds 3-4% hidden cost to local-currency financing. Dollarized markets eliminate it , but bring their own dynamics.

Contrarian thesis: two overlooked markets where SMEs pay some of LATAM's highest rates. BCU data proves it. DOB saves 5.5-8pp.

Brazil's PYME credit market is massive and broken. BNDES reaches 2% of SMEs. The other 98% pay 24%+. Deep dive into LATAM's largest economy.

Peru has the OECD's largest PYME-corporate spread at 20pp. SBS data reveals a $40B+ credit gap. Deep dive into the market DOB was built for.

Country-by-country OECD data on the PYME-corporate rate spread. Peru has the largest in the OECD. This gap is inefficiency, not risk.