Popular, Oriental reduce exposure to government risk
October 26, 2015
Puerto Rico’s two largest banks — Banco Popular and Oriental — confirmed separately on Friday that they’re working to reduce their exposure to risk associated with the island’s government, which they have financed in different capacities over the years.
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Banking exec: Gov’t must act with ‘conviction, urgency’
July 27, 2015
The Puerto Rico central government is facing pressure to “act with more conviction and with more urgency” to address its dwindling liquidity, crushing debt and anxiety building up over the island’s fiscal problems.
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Bankers ‘frustrated,’ monitoring gov’t solutions to crisis
April 28, 2015
The heads of the island’s two largest banks took turns in recent days expressing their concerns about the current fiscal scenario and whether political leaders are willing to make the right decisions to put Puerto Rico’s economy back on track.
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