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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2022 Edition

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Founded in 1964, OFG's banking subsidiary, Oriental Bank , is one of Puerto Rico's largest banks, and is focused on the island and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 4 First BanCorp (NYSE: FBP) First BanCorp is a full service financial institution with operations in Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and Florida.

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SAFER Banking Act passes Senate Banking Committee: Will marijuana be re-scheduled under the Controlled Substances Act?

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Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands , have legalized marijuana in some form , many banks and credit unions are reluctant to take on the risks associated with providing services to marijuana-related businesses. While 38 states , along with Washington D.C.,

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FinCEN AML/CTF Priorities Part 4: Counterproliferation

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Kim Chol-Sam Kim Chol-Sam and British banker Nigel Cowie created numerous shell companies (was named in the Panama Papers linked to Mossack Fonseca the Panamanian law firm) including “DCB Finance”, in the British Virgin Islands, mainland China, and Hong Kong. Germany, and even Russia, former President Trump withdrew the U.S.

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