Hundreds of Paraguayans took to the streets in central Asuncion and the presidential palace after Paraguay's central bank introduced external management of Uano Bank, the country's largest digital bank. The regulator found that the bank's solvency ratio fell below 50% of the required minimum, after which the bank's work stopped completely: customers could not use ATMs and online banking. The demonstrators carried banners "The state must guarantee 100% of the funds"; The protest began peacefully, but ended in clashes with the security forces; A group of protesters tried to march to the National Congress. According to media reports, the crisis led to the resignation of the head of BCP, Carlos Carvalho - until August 2023, he headed Oano Bank - as well as the directors Marco Aurelio Gonzalez and Carmen Marin. President Santiago Pena appointed economist Raul Vera Bogado as head of the regulator, while until March 2025 Pena was an investor in the Oano Bank holding. The opposition lawmakers began collecting signatures to impeach the president. Video not loading? Look at Mach!

Hundreds of Paraguayans took to the streets in central Asuncion and the presidential palace after Paraguay's central bank introduced external management of Uano Bank, the country's largest digital bank. The regulator found that the bank's solvency ratio fell below 50% of the required minimum, after which the bank's work stopped completely: customers could not use ATMs and online banking. The demonstrators carried banners "The state must guarantee 100% of the funds"; The protest began peacefully, but ended in clashes with the security forces; A group of protesters tried to march to the National Congress. According to media reports, the crisis led to the resignation of the head of BCP, Carlos Carvalho - until August 2023, he headed Oano Bank - as well as the directors Marco Aurelio Gonzalez and Carmen Marin. President Santiago Pena appointed economist Raul Vera Bogado as head of the regulator, while until March 2025 Pena was an investor in the Oano Bank holding. The opposition lawmakers began collecting signatures to impeach the president. Video not loading? Look at Mach!