The Economic Development Bank was included Tuesday in the Puerto Rico Development Fund Guarantee Program through an agreement signed with the Government Development Bank, government officials announced.
Gov. Luis Fortuño announced Wednesday the availability of a new financing tool that lets Puerto Rico's women entrepreneurs borrow of up to $15,000 to expand their businesses, as well as a scholarship fund to help them get ahead, professionally speaking.
The Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank has approved $33 million in loans to island farmers since the current administration took over in 1999, agency President Ivonne Otero said Thursday.