Investopedia: Peru's Under-Banked Market is Fueling Creditcorp's Growth

With bank branches blanketing the United States, Canada and most of Western Europe, and seemingly everyone holding some sort of debt, it seems hard to imagine what an under-banked market might look like. Look no further than Peru, then, where significant economic growth and increasing penetration of retail banking services is driving a great growth story for Credicorp (NYSE:BAP).

What's Under-Banked Mean?
There's ample room to argue about what the "right" level of banking activity in a country is and the best way to measure it. For sake of simplicity, I'm going with loan-to-GDP. In developed countries, that ratio is 137%. In Chile, which in many respects is the most "European" of South American countries, the ratio is 86%, while the ratio drops to 57% in Brazil.

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