Corporate Responsibility

Since its foundation in 1955, Banco General has had the vision of creating value for society together with all its stakeholders, doing business in a responsible and transparent manner, and always with the mission of supporting the community.

The slogan “sus buenos vecinos” (your good neighbors) was added to the organization’s communications in the 1970s, when it began opening branches in residential neighborhoods, as a way of expressing the philosophy of solidarity that has always characterized the Bank.

In 1996 we created Fundación Sus Buenos Vecinos (Your Good Neighbors’ Foundation), the executing arm of Banco General’s investments in the community, which today works in partnership with more than 150 NGOs throughout Panama.

In 2001 we were the first Panamanian company to sign the United Nations Global Compact, committing ourselves to its 10 principles, and we created the Vecinos en Acción corporate volunteer program, which today has the participation of 70% of the Bank’s staff.

In 2019 we signed the Principles of Responsible Banking and we continue working to achieve our objectives, detailed in our Responsible Banking section.