Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.
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The employee assisted authorities in currency trading investigations that cost the bank $714 million; Citi is eyeing an expansion of its commercial banking ops in Europe, Middle East and Africa as other lenders exit on coronavirus fears.
June 5 -
The changes are meant to make the program more attractive for both business borrowers and the banks that make the loans; as workers trickle back to offices on Wall Street, they'll see a different landscape due to coronavirus concerns.
June 9 -
Small businesses that took out the loans will soon be applying for forgiveness; U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo and one of HSBC's large investors criticized the bank for buckling to Chinese pressure.
June 10 -
Lenders stock up on masks, Plexiglas barriers and cleaning supplies; lawmakers hope recent fixes will attract more borrowers, but small businesses remain wary after constant changes.
June 11 -
Financials drop 8.2% on prediction of low rates through 2022 and dim economic outlook; the largest mortgage originator and a top challenger to traditional lenders has filed what may end up being the year's largest initial public offering.
June 12 -
Borrowers say getting the loans forgiven is just as complicated as obtaining the money; payment companies are holding some merchant funds in reserve as chargebacks spike.
June 15 -
Fannie Mae has chosen Morgan Stanley while Freddie Mac is going with JPMorgan Chase; the bank’s overhaul plan has helped make it the best-performing big-bank stock so far this year.
June 16 -
Banks paid out nearly twice as much as they earned in the first quarter; Marilyn Booker, a managing director, said she was fired in December for pushing too hard on a diversity plan.
June 17 -
Big banks will need to show how well they can withstand three different scenarios before they can pay dividends; the German payments company is still looking for $2 billion of missing funds.
June 22 -
Markus Braun turned himself in to Munich prosecutors, who arrested him on suspicion of false accounting and market manipulation; the Wirecard fallout may make it harder for European fintechs to attract investors.
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