Oriental Bank and Trust’s new and expanded commercial banking structure is starting to show the results of the growth that came with last year’s acquisition of the defunct Eurobank, with commercial loan production reaching $46 million during the second quarter, an increase of about 126 percent year-over-year, bank officials said Tuesday.
Oriental Financial Group Inc. released results for the second quarter ended June 30 that reflected income of $25.3 million, a significant increase from the $4.2 million loss reported for the same quarter in 2010 and a profit of $1.9 million for the first quarter that ended in March.
Oriental Bank, one of only several financial institutions doing business in Puerto Rico that weathered last year’s banking debacle, reported $13.1 million in net income for the first quarter of 2011, up 4.7 percent from the same period last year.