Family-owned company South Puerto Rico Towing & Boat Service Inc. is looking to grow this year due to financing totaling $11.7 million approved by FirstBank, the 504 program of the Small Business Administration (SBA), and COFFEC. The company will put the money toward the purchase of a tugboat, improvements to an existing tugboat, and debt […]
This year’s edition of the Financial Awareness Video Contest co-sponsored by the Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York focused on the importance of implementing eco-friendly practices and the effective use of social networks as part of the strategies to develop and establish a profitable business. For more than 10 […]
The Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions (OCIF, in Spanish) released a Circular Letter requiring Puerto Rico’s financial institutions helping customers affected by the recent earthquakes to report on their efforts. In the document, the regulatory body orders mortgage lenders and services specifically to file monthly reports of the steps they are taking to […]