Popular Inc. announced that as of May 1st, it had processed more than $1.2 billion in loans under the second round of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program. The loans have benefited 16,397 small- and medium-sized businesses that employ more than 235,000 people, the bank said. Of the total, $1.05 billion were granted […]
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico has received a total of 127,000 moratorium applications, split between auto, personal and mortgage loans, Popular Inc. CEO Ignacio Álvarez confirmed. Of that number, 100,000 are in its own portfolio, and the remaining 27,000 are mortgage loans owned by third-parties such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing […]
Banco Popular announced the approval and disbursement of the first loans granted by the institution under the Paycheck Protection Program established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES). The program went into effect on April 3 and will run through June 30. On Friday, Popular approved some $2.6 million in loans and, […]