International financial magazine “Euromoney” has named Santander the “Best Bank in Western Europe, Spain, Mexico and Argentina in its 2014 annual awards.
Puerto Rico’s commercial banks will be observing the July 4th Independence Day celebration holiday with special hours Friday, scheduled as follows:
Popular Inc. announced Thursday it has agreed to sell $450 million of its senior notes, due in 2019, to pay off its Troubled Asset Relief Program debt with the U.S. Treasury.
Nearly six years after receiving $935 million from the U.S. Treasury through its Troubled Asset Relief Program, Popular Inc. announced Wednesday it has received the go-ahead from regulators to repay the amount.
The Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, Puerto Rico’s banking watchdog, was left out of the talks leading to the agreement through which the Treasury Department approved a $229 million tax refund to Doral Financial Corp., the regulator said Tuesday during a House public hearing.
A.M. Best announced Tuesday it has upgraded Hato-Rey based Universal Life Insurance Company’s financial strength rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the issuer credit rating to “a-” from “bbb+.”
Doral Financial Corp. filed a lawsuit at the San Juan Superior Court and a Writ for Certification in the Puerto Rico Supreme Court, alleging that the government illegally nullified its agreement to refund the bank nearly $230 million in tax overpayments.
Doral Financial Corp. announced Monday it has entered into an agreement to sell $242.1 million in loans to FirstBank Puerto Rico through a transaction that closed May 30.
Economist and former Clinton administration official Robert Shapiro said Tuesday the Treasury Department’s decision to nullify an agreement that would have granted Doral Financial Corp. a $230 million tax refund has “serious implications” on the potential to attract future investments, as well as on the island’s economic growth.
Doral Financial Corp. has hired a couple of Washington, D.C-based firms to back up its fight against the Puerto Rico government’s decision to rescind on an agreement signed in 2012 granting the bank a $230 million tax refund.
Following a “deep analysis,” the Puerto Rico Treasury Department denied Doral Financial Corp.’s request for a refund of $230 million it claims to have overpaid in taxes, voiding an agreement struck in March 2012.
Financially troubled Doral Financial Corp. fired off a letter to the Puerto Rico Treasury Department late last week asking the agency to comply with the terms of a closing agreement reached in 2012 obligating the government to refund the bank for tax over-payments estimated at about $232 million.
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.
Triple-S Management Corp. managed care company announced Tuesday consolidated revenues of $584.8 million and consolidated operating income of $10 million for the three months ended Mar. 31, 2014.
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.
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