Tired of ATM fees, overdraft penalties, charges for checking account maintenance, among other service expenses, customers are tilting more toward credit unions over commercial banks, the most recent report by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, overseen in Puerto Rico by Anderson Research International, concluded.
The Corporation for the Supervision and Insurance of Puerto Rico Cooperatives, known as COSSEC in Spanish, wrapped up Fiscal 2013 with $229.2 million in assets, a 5.86 percent year-over-year increase, President Daniel Rodríguez-Collazo said during the entity’s annual convention this weekend.
The island’s cooperative sector added a dozen new players Wednesday, following the certifications of as many groups to operate businesses under that concept on the island, the Puerto Rico Cooperative Development Commission, known as CDCOOP, announced.
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