The Public Corporation for the Supervision of Puerto Rico Cooperatives, or COSSEC as the entity is known in Spanish, said Tuesday that the island’s credit unions approved some $1.3 billion in mortgage and mortgage-related loans during the first quarter of 2015, for a combined portfolio of 18,385 financing agreements.
Small loans company Money Express, a FirstBank sister operation, is marking 20 years of doing business in Puerto Rico, where it commands a 22 percent market share with a $104 million loan portfolio.
The Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank announced Wednesday it has spurred the creation of 217 new businesses since January 2013, through $22.3 million in approved financing.