As part of its ongoing efforts to promote economic vitality throughout the Second District, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will co-host the “International Trade for Small Businesses Clinic” for small business owners in Puerto Rico on July 10.
The Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will sponsor the sixth edition of the Minority Depository Institution Training Seminar Nov 29-30, to provide participants with an overview of last year’s challenges within the world of regulatory compliance.
Doral Financial Corporation, parent company of Doral Bank, lost $1.6 million during the second quarter ended June 30, and announced it entered into a Consent Order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Puerto Rico Commissioner of Financial Institutions Wednesday.
Florida-based Banesco USA is expanding its presence in that southern U.S. market through the acquisition of all of the deposits of Security Bank, National Association, through a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation-assisted transaction.
Changes in federal regulations and the impact of the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on the local banking industry will be discussed for the next two days during the fifth edition of the “Minority Depository Training Seminar” co-sponsored by the Puerto Rico Bankers Association and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is said to be preparing to sue at least 150 banking executives responsible for the financial debacle that has prompted the closing of nearly 350 banks in the United States since 2008, including three in Puerto Rico last year.
Nearly a year after Puerto Rico’s banking sector experienced a meltdown of historic proportions with the closing of three financial institutions, Financial Institutions Commissioner Alfredo Padilla said Friday that 2011 should be a “turnaround year” for the industry.
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