First BanCorp on Monday announced the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York denied the bank’s motion for summary judgment filed in connection to $66.6 million it had posted as collateral with Lehman Brothers Inc., which filed for Ch. 11 nearly five years ago.
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico launched Thursday what may be a first for the island’s commercial banking sector: giving consumers the option to put their savings up as partial collateral when applying for a personal loan.