Hispanic business owners accounted for nearly 5.2 million companies with $766.8 billion in annual sales, 3 million employees, and $124.4 billion in annual payroll. #NewsismyBusiness
The funds will be used to enhance services to low-income communities in Puerto Rico, New York and Florida. #NewsismyBusiness
These investments represent a crucial step in Puerto Rico’s economic recovery, the agency stated. #NewsismyBusiness
The Biden administration has allocated nearly $500 million for Puerto Rico’s broadband programs. #NewsismyBusiness
The US Department of the Treasury today announced the allocation of $47.3 million in relief funds to 27 Puerto Rico-based credit unions, through its CDFI Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP). The goal is to provide necessary capital for community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to respond to economic challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly in […]
A group of 32 credit unions in Puerto Rico received about $6 million in assignments from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) to expand their services to economically disadvantaged communities. The allocation constitutes the largest amount granted by the U.S. Treasury to co-ops in Puerto Rico, reaching $10 million […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the U.S. Department of Treasury released Paycheck Protection Program Loan data that revealed that since the start of the program in April, local banks have processed some 35,896 loans for up to $150,000 totaling $741.4 million so far. The detailed loan-level data for Puerto Rico shows that more than […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S. Treasury Department, announced that it is setting aside $10 billion of Round 2 funding for the Paycheck Protection Program to be lent exclusively by Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). CDFIs work to expand economic opportunity in low-income communities by providing access to financial products and […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S Department of the Treasury, released the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness application and detailed instructions for the process. “The documents released will help small businesses seek forgiveness at the conclusion of the eight-week period covered under the law, which begins with the disbursement of […]
Some 486,000 Puerto Rico residents will begin receiving e-mail notices from the island’s Treasury Department informing them of their eligibility for the $1,200 federal stimulus check, which will be deposited directly into their bank accounts, agency Secretary Francisco Parés said. The deposits materializes as soon as the U.S. Department of the Treasury approves the local […]
The $1,200 stimulus checks provided under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that some Puerto Rico residents are already receiving respond to specific circumstances that don’t apply to everybody on the island, Treasury Secretary Francisco Parés said. Furthermore, he said local residents who are eligible for the benefit could begin seeing the […]
The U.S. Department of the Treasury awarded $2.5 million in grants to 20 credit unions through its Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to develop more community impact projects, the Credit Union Executives Association announced. Each credit union will receive $125,000 to allow them to prepare to access federal and private funds that will be invested […]
The government of Puerto Rico will establish work groups comprising local and federal officials, as well as private-sector executives, to brainstorm on potential alternatives to offset the loss of federal credits granted for taxes paid by manufacturing companies under the Commonwealth’s Law 154. The tax credits, which will be phased out by the U.S. Department […]
A lawsuit was filed in the New York District Court to demand information about the files related to the process of appointing the members of the Oversight Board, specifically the documents related to ethical conflicts and the financial disclosures that were required, the Center for Investigative Journalism (CPI) announced. The lawsuit — which also seeks […]
The U.S. Treasury has submitted a report with recommendations to transform Puerto Rico’s property tax system, including the potential elimination of the controversial inventory tax, Raúl Maldonado, the local administration’s CFO said. Maldonado, who is also Puerto Rico Treasury Secretary, shared the content of the report with members of the United Retailers Association, the School […]
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