Two days after Doral Financial Corp. disclosed its weakened capital position, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said Wednesday it lowered its issuer credit rating to 'CC' from 'CCC-' and placed the rating on CreditWatch with negative implications.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has warned Doral Bank that it may no longer include in its calculation of its Tier 1 Capital some or all of the tax receivables from the government, which represented $289 million of the bank’s approximately $679 million of Tier 1 Capital at Dec. 31, 2013.
Oriental Financial Group reported Monday earnings of $20.3 million for the first quarter of the year, representing $0.42 per share diluted, compared to $16.6 million, or $0.35 per share diluted, in the preceding quarter, and $17.7 million, or $0.37 per share, in the first quarter of 2013.