Moody's Investors Service zeroed-in on several members of Hato Rey's Golden mile Tuesday, placing on review for downgrade certain ratings of three Puerto Rican banks, including Banco Santander Puerto Rico, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Puerto Rico and Popular Inc.
Doral Bank has reached a deal with the Treasury Department regarding $200 million in overpaid taxes that the bank will now write off in its books as a prepaid expense.
FirstBank Puerto Rico is looking to triple its market share of small- and mid-sized business customers over the next five years from its current 12 percent through an aggressive campaign and revamped platform catering to the segment often tagged as the motor of the island’s economy.
Seven months after Banco Popular entered into an agreement with American Airlines Inc. to become the exclusive issuer of AAdvantage co-branded credit cards in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the acquisition of the Citi/AAdvantage co-branded credit card portfolio, the bank announced Wednesday the conversion has been completed.
In the last decade, Puerto Rico’s banking institutions have become more proactive when it comes to detecting and reporting suspicious possible money laundering activity to local and federal authorities.
Looking to lend a hand to Puerto Rico nonprofits, Oriental Bank & Trust is taking a different approach to its Individual Retirement Account program this year, launching Tuesday a product that lets customers who open an account choose an organization that will benefit from a cash donation from the bank.
BBVA Puerto Rico revealed its annual results Tuesday, reporting $32 million in net income for the 12-month period ended Dec. 31, 2011, equivalent to a 384.3 percent year-over-year growth.
Popular Mortgage wrapped up 2011 with a 7 percent year-over-year growth, closing on 9,773 residential loans worth nearly $1.3 billion, division President Pablo Pérez said Wednesday.
Local private equity lender Moneyhouse is celebrating its fifth anniversary this month and is marking the milestone by outlining its accomplishments thus far, namely closing on more than $675 million in loans, of which 40 percent — or $275 million — are reverse mortgage cases.
Doral Bank announced Wednesday plans to increase its ATM network by more than 100 percent with the addition of 55 new machines at Walgreens drugstores islandwide. The expansion should push the number of ATMs to about 200, company officials said during a morning news conference.
First BanCorp, parent of FirstBank Puerto Rico reported a net loss of $14.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to a net loss of $24 million for the third quarter of 2011 and a net loss of $251.4 million for the same year-ago period in 2010.
Oriental Financial Group Inc. reported a loss of $13.1 million during the fourth quarter of 2001, sharply contrasting the positive results for the same year-ago quarter, when it recorded $3.9 million in income. The result for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011 also reflected a drop from the $15.6 million in the books for the prior quarter ended Sept. 30.
Refinancing a property is usually an expensive proposition that entails costly appraisals as well as fees that can add up to thousands of dollars, which often hold home owners back from reworking their loans to take advantage of dropping interest rates.
If you are one those people who are used to swiping a locally-issued ATM card issued to pay for purchases at stateside retailers, just as you would with cash, you may want to check with your bank whether that option is still available to you.
Popular Inc. reported net income of $3 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2011, compared with net income of $27.5 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011, and a net loss of $227.1 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2010.
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