Puerto Rico’s financial system — which comprises local and international commercial banks, cooperatives, mortgage and investment companies, and public banks, among others — reported $147.6 billion in assets during the third quarter of 2013, down about 2 percent from the $151.2 billion on record for the same period in 2012.
Several major Puerto Rico banks will be operating on a special schedule today in observance of the Discovery Day holiday.
A new financial regulation defining “qualified mortgages” is due to take effect in January 2014. It would make the approval process for a mortgage stricter, both in the United States and Puerto Rico.