Doral Bank announced Wednesday plans to increase its ATM network by more than 100 percent with the addition of 55 new machines at Walgreens drugstores islandwide. The expansion should push the number of ATMs to about 200, company officials said during a morning news conference.
First BanCorp, parent of FirstBank Puerto Rico reported a net loss of $14.8 million for the fourth quarter of 2011, compared to a net loss of $24 million for the third quarter of 2011 and a net loss of $251.4 million for the same year-ago period in 2010.
If the results of the first quarter of the federal fiscal year are any indication, 2012 should be good for small and mid-sized business lending activity in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, which is already picking up significantly in contrast to last year’s results.
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