Bladex

BLX

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. (English: Foreign Trade Bank of Latin America, known as Bladex, its commercial trademark) is a multinational bank. Founded in 1977 as Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. and renamed in June 2009, the company is headquartered in Panama City and finances Latin America and the Caribbean foreign trade.

Bladex has been a target of short sellers for a while. The current short interest of 2.18% is roughly at the average of the last 12 months (1.28%).