Two weeks after picking up the majority of the assets of the failed Doral Bank, Popular Inc. is reviewing the six corporate social responsibility programs the former institution had going, which benefited hundreds of Puerto Rico residents over the years.
First BanCorp., the bank holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico, announced Thursday the reversal of a significant portion of the valuation allowance recorded against the deferred tax assets of its subsidiary bank, FirstBank.
Less than two weeks after the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ordered the closing of its banking arm, Doral Financial Corp. announced Wednesday that it has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Popular Inc., which on Friday picked up the lion’s share of Doral Bank’s assets, announced Monday it won its bid to also take over the mortgage servicing rights on three pools of residential mortgage loans serviced for Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac held by the shuttered bank.
Following weeks and months of speculation about its fate, the Puerto Rico Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, announced Friday the closing of Doral Bank’s local and stateside operations.
Doral Bank was on the receiving end of major blows by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Appellate Court Wednesday, just before it's time as a member of Puerto Rico’s financial community could come to an end.
Banco Popular officials said Tuesday commercial lending activity for Puerto Rico’s small and mid-sized business segment reached $280 million in 2014, a 25 percent year-over-year increase that shows “an encouraging picture.”
First BanCorp., the bank holding company for FirstBank Puerto Rico, on Thursday reported net income of $26.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2014, or $0.12 per diluted share, compared to $23.2 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2014 and $14.8 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2013.
In a letter sent to Doral Bank earlier this week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. advised the financially crippled bank to “accept an offer to combine with another insured depositary institution,” or improve its capital levels to once again be considered as “adequately capitalized.”
Popular Inc. reported net income of $52.9 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014 on Thursday, when CEO Richard Carrión told analysts that the bank’s “strong market position, significant liquidity, excess capital levels and internal capital generation will continue to be key to our future performance.”
Puerto Rico’s commercial banks will be observing today’s Martin Luther King holiday with special hours, scheduled as follows:
Doral Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Doral Financial Corporation, announced Thursday the completion of the sale of of certain loans, advances, mortgages, and loan participation rights to WOMF REV, LLC, which will shore up $181.3 million in cash for the troubled financial institution.
Doral Financial Corp. told the Securities and Exchange Commission Monday that the revised capital restoration plan submitted to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. last week was rejected for failing to “meet the criteria.”
Tired of ATM fees, overdraft penalties, charges for checking account maintenance, among other service expenses, customers are tilting more toward credit unions over commercial banks, the most recent report by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, overseen in Puerto Rico by Anderson Research International, concluded.
Fitch Ratings announced Thursday it completed a peer review of three rated Puerto Rican banks, and affirmed the long-term “Issuer Default Ratings” for Doral Financial Corp. at 'C' and Popular Inc. at 'BB-' and First BanCorp at 'B-.'
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