The Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico closed Fiscal ’12 with a record-setting $208 million portfolio of loans granted to the island’s small and mid-sized businesses, the highest figure on record since its establishment in 1985, agency officials said Thursday.
The Economic Development Bank announced Wednesday it granted local company South Puerto Rico Towing and Boat Service Inc. an $8 million loan and credit line to use for operating expenses.
Scotiabank de Puerto Rico recently approved $20.4 million in financing to Renovous Capital, LP to complete its acquisition of EDIC College Inc., the bank announced Monday.
The U.S. Small Business Administration approved 264 loans in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands during the first six months of fiscal year 2012, a 13 percent increase over loans approved during the same period the previous year, the agency said Thursday.
Auto financing company Popular Auto is taking its portfolio of products and offers on the road, visiting dealerships from Río Piedras to Ceiba this weekend as part of its “Popular Auto in your dealer” campaign.
Local companies with a desire to export their goods and services have the opportunity to participate in at least 15 commercial missions that the government has on its agenda for next year that could potentially generate more than $22 million in sales, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary José Pérez-Riera said Tuesday.
As part of the activities it has scheduled for Architecture Week, the Puerto Rico School of Architects and Landscape Architects will sponsor a pair of workshops Friday that are open to experts and the general public interested in the development of the island’s urban environment.
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