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Popular in Puerto Rico to Record $55M Loss After FDIC Dispute

American Banker

in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will take a $55 million hit to third-quarter earnings after its bank lost an arbitration battle with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Popular Inc.

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Popular in Puerto Rico to Record $115M Charge Tied to FDIC Dispute

American Banker

in San Juan, Puerto Rico, will absorb another hit to its earnings tied to a dispute with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Popular Inc.

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Kachkar Charged With $140 Million Fraud

PYMNTS

In 2010, Westernbank Puerto Rico, the country’s second-largest commercial bank, took a loss of more than $140 million on loans to a Florida businessman, 53-year-old Jack Kachkar, which contributed to its failure, according to the FDIC’s inspector general. Kachkar used his pharmaceutical company, Inyx Inc.,

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Popular in Puerto Rico Posts Lower Profit on Loss-Share Ruling

American Banker

in San Juan, Puerto Rico, said its quarterly profit fell after losing an arbitration dispute with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Popular Inc.

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

Jeff For Banks

and Puerto Rico banking laws and regulations. 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. five-year total return and #2 on the JFB Top 5! Well done! #3 Virgin Islands. of total revenues, respectively. five-year total return.

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Old Doral Assets Producing for Popular

American Banker

A decline in expenses and a modest rise in lending income boosted first-quarter profit at Popular in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Bitcoin Daily: QuadrigaCX On The Verge Of Bankruptcy; Bitcoin Pops 20 Pct

PYMNTS

The Puerto Rico-based institution for crypto traders is a unit of Mercantile Global Holdings (MGH), which also owns San Juan Mercantile Exchange (SJMX), an “institutional-grade electronic trading platform for digital assets” that is set to launch soon. While SJMBT is not insured by the U.S.

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