Eighteen months after purchasing the failed R-G Premier Bank, Scotiabank of Puerto Rico will culminate the merger of both institutions by closing all of its 46 branches and central offices next Thursday afternoon and reopening them Monday, Nov. 14, upon completion of the integration.
Changes in federal regulations and the impact of the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on the local banking industry will be discussed for the next two days during the fifth edition of the “Minority Depository Training Seminar” co-sponsored by the Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Nearly three years after requesting it, Puerto Rico Telephone (Claro) has obtained its cable television franchise from the Telecommunications Regulatory Board, with which it will be able to launch Internet Protocol Television services islandwide.
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