Overview
- The irregularity ratio for Argentina’s private-sector credit climbed to 2.6% in May, a 0.4-point rise from April, official BCRA figures show.
- Household loan delinquency in Argentina reached 4.5% in May, with personal credit and credit-card defaults at 4.9%, and returned checks at 1.39% of total issuances.
- Credit-card payment delinquencies in Argentina doubled year-on-year to 3.8%, while the share of cardholders in arrears increased from 2.5% in November 2024 to 3.7% by April 2025.
- Mexican banks posted 126.6 billion pesos in net earnings from January to May 2025, up 2.08% in real terms, with eight systemic institutions accounting for 79% of the profit pool.
- Bank credit in Mexico expanded to 7.8 trillion pesos by May, growing 6.5% in real terms and maintaining a low delinquency rate of around 2.08%.