‘Golden Mile’ showing luster for 1st time since ’07
August 27, 2011
Puerto Rico’s financial sector, one of the island’s key economic components, seems to be rebounding for the first time in four years, reporting $171 billion in combined assets during the second quarter of 2011.
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Commercial bank assets drop 15.6% in ’10 while brokerage houses, cooperatives shine
February 28, 2011
Puerto Rico’s main banks had more than $75.6 billion in combined assets at the end of 2010, reflecting a year-over-year drop of 15.6 percent, according to a report released by the Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions.
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Some 18,000 local homeowners faced foreclosure last year
February 1, 2011
Some 18,000 homeowners in Puerto Rico were facing the possibility of losing their homes to their mortgage bank as of November 2010, the Financial Institutions Commissioner’s office (OCIF, as it is known by its initials in Spanish) said Tuesday.
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