The Public Corporation for the Supervision of Puerto Rico Cooperatives, or COSSEC as the entity is known in Spanish, said Tuesday that the island’s credit unions approved some $1.3 billion in mortgage and mortgage-related loans during the first quarter of 2015, for a combined portfolio of 18,385 financing agreements.
Small loans company Money Express, a FirstBank sister operation, is marking 20 years of doing business in Puerto Rico, where it commands a 22 percent market share with a $104 million loan portfolio.
Arturo Carrión, who for the last 29 years served as executive vice president of the Puerto Rico Bankers Association, is retiring from his post on June 30, when he will be succeeded by Zoimé Álvarez-Rubio, trade group President José Rafael-Fernández announced Tuesday.
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