The U.S. Small Business Administration approved 165 loans for $26.9 million in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands during the first three months of fiscal year 2015, an 11 percent and 66 percent increase, respectively, over first-quarter approvals in 2014.
UBS Financial Services Inc. will be closing its Guaynabo branch and consolidating the operation with its Hato Rey headquarters effective Feb. 20, the company announced Wednesday.
The Red ATH, Puerto Rico’s main electronic payments and ATM network offered by EVERTEC, recently gave $5,000 each to nonprofits Hogar Ruth and Casa de Niños Manuel Fernández Juncos, collected through its “Share a positive message during Christmas” campaign.