The monograph examines the scale, forms and main directions of expansion of foreign banks in Latin America in the 90s. Internal and external factors of transnationalization of the credit sphere of the Latin American economy were highlighted. Changes in the balance of power between the largest financial groups of industrial states operating in the region are shown. Regulatory acts and regulations governing the functioning and establishment of foreign banking institutions in Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Venezuela are analyzed. For economists, political scientists.