Thousands of Banco Popular employees and their families donated their time Saturday to participate in the “Make a Difference Day,” to support nearly 100 community projects in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the U.S. mainland.
A group of private sector representatives, headed by Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, is banding together to come up with a strategy to encourage a general change in attitude, place education as the epicenter of that change, and develop the business sector as an emerging paradigm for the island.
Uncertainty over the impact of new taxes on businesses may be putting a break on entrepreneurship with Puerto Rico's largest bank reporting a slowdown in its small business loan activity.