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10. Capital markets and finance: Uruguay

Argentina. For full detail on Argentina, go to The Argentine Thread.

Capital markets, banking and credit in Uruguay: the single financial supervisor inside the BCU, how banks and other intermediaries are licensed, how to issue securities publicly, privately or through crowdfunding, the monthly usury caps that bound loan pricing, the bank deposit guarantee and the withholding on interest paid to non residents, each tied to the official text. For the Argentine side of cross border finance or tax treaty questions see The Argentine Thread guide.

Investor view. One supervisor, a register based securities regime and rule bound credit pricing give investors and lenders a transparent, predictable financial system in which to fund growth.

Capital markets, banking and credit in Uruguay: who supervises, how to raise money, usury caps, deposit guarantee and tax on interestOne supervisor covers the whole financial system: the Superintendencia de Servicios Financieros (SSF) of the Banco Central del Uruguay licenses and supervises banks, securities issuers, brokers, excha