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10. Capital markets and finance: Chile

Capital markets, banking and credit in Chile: the integrated regulator (CMF), the Securities Registry and public offering rules, insider reporting and takeover bids, bank licensing and capital, bank secrecy, the legal interest rate ceiling, stamp tax on loans, withholding on foreign bank interest, the Ley Fintec registry and open finance, and the tax on gains from listed shares, each tied to the official text.

Investor view. Chile pairs a single rules based financial regulator with predictable credit and securities law and is removing the tax on listed share gains from 2027, which makes it one of the easiest places in the region to raise and recycle capital.

Capital markets, banking and credit in Chile: the CMF, the Securities Registry, takeovers, bank licences, interest rate caps, stamp tax on loans, Fintec rules and capital gains on listed sharesOne regulator, the Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (CMF), supervises Chile's securities market, banks and insurers, keeps the Securities Registry in which every public offering and its issuer must