Sixty-seven small businesses in the areas of services, agriculture, manufacturing and technology received a combined $36.5 million in loans from the Economic Development Bank Tuesday, through which they will create some 5,700 jobs, agency President Ivonne Otero announced.
Four months after announcing its intention of selling some $500 million in non-performing construction and commercial real estate loans to a newly created joint venture with an unrelated third party, Popular Inc. said Thursday it has walked away from the deal.
The State Insurance Fund recently signed off on a $242 million loan from Banco Santander Puerto Rico to refinance a prior loan that was in default and for ongoing improvements planned at the government agency.