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Paraguay's Pena resigns under mounting pressure from bank collapse

Paraguayan President Santiago Pena resigned after the collapse of digital lender ueno left roughly 3 million customers unable to access their accounts, following an opposition bid to start impeachment proceedings and protests demanding he step down. Vice President Pedro Alliana is set to take office as his replacement.

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What happened

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  1. Thu 5 Nov
    Paraguayan President Santiago Pena resigned in a video-recorded address. Thursday only Sun English Paraguayan President Santiago Pena has resigned... "I do so with the stability of our country, social peace, and the need to preserve our democratic institutions in mind,” he said in a video-recorded address on Thursday.

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  • I do so with the stability of our country, social peace, and the need to preserve our democratic institutions in mind,

    Santiago Pena Sun English Open the report (Sun English)

  • My greatest wish is that the return of those funds be guaranteed, that the deposit guarantee fund fulfil its purpose, and that public funds - as well as the resources that belong to all Paraguayans - be protected

    Santiago Pena Sun English Open the report (Sun English)

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Figures in these reports

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  • close to $850 million public funds administered by ueno Sun English which had grown quickly from a niche fintech player into a mid-tier bank administering close to $850 million in public funds.

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  • roughly 3 million ueno customers unable to access accounts Sun English a crisis that has left the company's roughly 3 million customers, in a country of 6.5 million people, unable to access accounts.

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  • 6.5 million population of Paraguay Sun English the company's roughly 3 million customers, in a country of 6.5 million people, unable to access accounts.

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  • Paraguay's central bank intervened in ueno after determining it breached minimum solvency requirements. Sun English Paraguay's central bank intervened in ueno after determining that it had breached minimum solvency requirements

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