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 Treasury Secretary says Facebook’s cryptocurrency plan creates national security issues; the New York Fed chief tells financial firms to stop dragging their feet and move on from Libor.
July 16 -
Low rates spur more retail lending at big U.S. banks as trading revenue drops; the company’s plan to create its own digital currency runs into more opposition.
July 17 -
Finance ministers call for tight regulation of cybercurrencies; Williams says the Fed must “act quickly to lower rates at the first sign of economic distress.”
July 19 -
Bank posts its best second quarter since 2010 after a disappointing Q1; Cerberus in talks to buy loans at the center of a major accounting error.
July 23 -
The workers charged customers incorrect currency conversion rates; Santander plans to defend its decision not to hire Andrea Orcel if he sues.
July 24 -
The firm joins $40 billion “technology megafund” sponsored by SoftBank Group; company says partnerships are taking longer than expected to bear fruit.
July 25 -
“Digital Vault” will allow customers to store encrypted documents on third-party servers; bank accuses Orcel of misdeeds.
July 26 -
Citigroup's made some strides after the battering its share price took last year, but it still trails JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America; chiefs at the top U.S. global banks own on average more than 15 times the amount of their own firm's stock than their European counterparts.
July 29 -
In what's being called "one of the largest-ever data breaches of a large bank," Capital One said a Seattle hacker gained access to the personal information of more than 100 million customers; Citigroup plans to cut hundreds of jobs in its global markets division and combine its equity trading and prime brokerage units.
July 30 -
The hack prompts renewed concerns about security of data held in the cloud; lawmakers acknowledge that Facebook’s proposed Libra cryptocurrency could have applications for law enforcement.
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