Popular Inc. announced Thursday that its subsidiary Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, completed the sale of a portfolio of mostly non-performing construction and commercial real estate loans with a book value of about $148 million. The loans carry an unpaid principal balance of approximately $358 million, the financial institution announced late in the day.
Given that more than half of the island’s population is female and that women represent 45 percent of Puerto Rico’s labor force, it should come as no surprise that they should deserve to get financial and professional support to continue to thrive in their careers.
Last weekend, a woman was at home in Orlando, when she got a call from her bank warning her of a potentially fraudulent transaction involving her debit card. Someone had lifted the card number to go on a $150 shopping spree at a mega-retailer in Canóvanas, miles from where she was in Florida.
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