With loan volume steadily increasing for the past six quarters, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s loan programs posted the second largest dollar volume ever in Fiscal 2012, supporting $30.25 billion in loans to small businesses, the agency informed Tuesday.
According to Internet World Stats, an organization that periodically records the advancement of the Internet worldwide, more than 1.6 million people are connected to the web in Puerto Rico, this is almost half of the population and 50 percent more than thosw who were connected two years ago.
As part of its ongoing support of Puerto Rico’s small and medium businesses, FirstBank offered a seminar Wednesday night to its business customers on "Opportunities for entrepreneurs within the new tax frame," conducted by CPA Gabriel Hernandez of the BDO Puerto Rico accounting firm.