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Popular Becomes Second To Launch Credit Cards For Use In Cuba

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and the first in Puerto Rico to offer its credit cards for use in Cuba. In a press release , Popular said the Mastercard credit cards of its two banking subsidiaries, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and Popular Community Bank, can be used at any of Cuba’s authorized merchants and ATMs throughout the country.

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Payless Approved By Bankruptcy Court To Begin Closing Stores

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Canada and Puerto Rico, and also a robust online operation. This time the court also allowed the company to buy more inventory for a going-out-of-business sale, and approved some of the company’s requests to continue operating during the liquidation. Payless has stores in the U.S., locations by May 21.

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Equipping Disaster Workers With Card-Based Financial Tools

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and Hurricane Maria shook Puerto Rico — meaning the impacts were widely felt. All Hands operates around the globe, with operations spread across Nepal, Mexico, the U.S. Our evolution after a disaster is cash to PEX [payment card] to credit card.”. Natural disasters shook the world in 2017. A magnitude 7.1

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PayPal Extras Mastercard Program Renewed

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On Wednesday (July 27), Mastercard and PayPal announced a multi-year extension of the co-branded consumer credit card program, PayPal Extras Mastercard, in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. “We The PayPal Extras Mastercard is designed to provide PayPal members with additional value with every purchase, both online and in stores.

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Popular Bank’s COO Manuel Chinea Talks Small Business with Amigos de Univision

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Popular Bank Chief Operating Officer Manuel Chinea joined Amigos de Univision and the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey to discuss the current state of small business amid COVID-19 on Sunday, May 17, 2020. Leveraging a 127-year history of service in Puerto Rico and 60 years in the U.S., billion in loans.

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EIP Card: How to Get Your Money Without Fees

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The IRS has sent out the Economic Impact Payment (EIP) in the form of a debit card to qualifying taxpayers who may not have a bank account to receive direct deposit or to deposit a mailed stimulus check. As these taxpayers receive their EIP debit cards, they may be wondering how to access their money without getting hit by a bunch of fees.

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How the Popular Bank Associate Trainee Program sets recent graduates on a career path to success in banking

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The Popular Bank Associate Trainee Program is a select, 10-month rotational program for top-tier recent college graduates that exposes trainees to the diverse lines of the bank’s businesses, operations, policies and practices. One of my projects focused on Popular’s commercial credit cards. What was the best part of the program?