Chiriquí Chatter

Looks like they are finishing up the building on the InterAmerican highway that is directly across from TGI Friday’s. I understand it is supposed to be a bank based out of Costa Rica.

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There must have been a recent change, in ATM withdrawl fees here, in Panama. I recently started getting a “Cross-Border Fee Assessed” for all withdrawals made at ATMs. This is new for me as I haven’t received it in the last 5 years.
When I asked my Credit Union, about this new charge, I was [...]

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If you recall a previous post about Peter Gordon Vs. HSBC, then you may be interested in the new discussion that is filling some of the Yahoo Groups. In a Yahoo post called “Peter Gordon Case Exposed to the world
I am not familiar with International Problem Solvers, but their website contains URLs to both a [...]

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In the past I was told that the building next to TGI Friday’s was going to be Banco Banistmo. Since that time, HSBC acquired Banistmo and it appears from this sign that it is going to be a HSBC branch.

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I was out paying bills today and this construction is going on next to Cable & Wireless so I took the photo. Now that I look at the photo I see both Banco Cuscatlan and Panabank. So are these two different banks sharing the same building? I don’t know, but it seemed strange to me.

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I won’t translate it for you, but you can use a translator such as Google to get a good idea of its content. This is the first I have heard of this issue making its way into the Panama Press.
http://www.prensa.com/hoy/panorama/939046.html
Here was the previous Chiriquí Chatter post on this subject.

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If you don’t typically read the comments on posts, you may have missed a comment on the Chiriquí Chatter HSBC post by a watchdog site that monitors HSBC. This site apparently picked up on the HSBC vs. Peter Gordon lawsuit and published a notice on their site

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Once upon a time, a long long time ago, there used to be a contributor in many of the Panama Yahoo groups by the name of Peter Gordon. All of a sudden he quit posting. Recently, Don Winner explained why Peter had become so mute.
It appears that Peter Gordon had complained about the service he [...]

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I had mentioned that the construction that was going on next to TGI Friday’s was a new Banistmo Bank location.
Today was a good day to take a photo.

This second photo is a cropped close-up from the first photo and shows how they supported the flooring for the second floor when they poured the concrete.

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If you have wondered what is being built next to TGI Friday’s, I was told that it is going to be a Banistmo bank. I think they have picked a good location.

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