All posts tagged "banks"

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  Puerto Rico Banks Urge Use of Online Services in Effort to Stop Spread of Covid-19

  Popular, Oriental and Firstbank offer Relief Programs

  • Posted March 18, 2020
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  Puerto Rico banks announce relief to loan and credit card payments

  Several are offering moratoriums in light of the devastation caused by Hurricane María.

  • Posted October 4, 2017
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  Fed: Biggest US banks strong enough to withstand recession

  Included JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells Fargo, the four biggest by assets

  • Posted June 22, 2017
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  P.R. Bank Business Hours for Memorial Day

  A list of the adjusted schedules of the island's leading banks

  • Posted May 26, 2017
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  Banking on change: Tech startups target financial services

  SAN FRANCISCO — It may not be much longer before bank branches join video-rental stores and record shops as relics of a bygone era. Silicon Valley is pressuring banks to change their ways or risk becoming the...

  • Posted December 8, 2016
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  House bill would relax bank rules aimed at averting crash

  WASHINGTON — The House approved legislation Thursday easing bank curbs that Democrats imposed to prevent another financial crisis, as Republicans offered a symbolic preview of regulatory changes they plan to pursue after President-elect Donald Trump takes office....

  • Posted December 2, 2016
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  Bank rally fades and stocks fall; dollar hits 13-year high

  NEW YORK – U.S. stocks finished barely lower Wednesday as banks return some of the huge gains they’ve made since the presidential election last week, but technology and consumer stocks climbed. The dollar continued to appreciate against...

  • Posted November 16, 2016
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  Brazil government freezes Rio state accounts

  RIO DE JANEIRO — For the second time in a week, the Brazilian government has frozen the accounts of the state of Rio de Janeiro because of a large outstanding debt. The state’s finance secretariat said Thursday...

  • Posted November 10, 2016
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  Wells Fargo CEO is Out as Bank Grapples With Sales Scandal

  NEW YORK — Wells Fargo’s embattled CEO John Stumpf is stepping down as the nation’s second-largest bank is roiled by a scandal over its sales practices. The San Francisco bank said Stumpf is retiring effective immediately and...

  • Posted October 13, 2016
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  Obama Warns of Taking Dramatic Steps that Could Harm Economy

  WASHINGTON — Breaking up the nation’s biggest banks or erecting steep tariffs on imports may sound appealing, but the economy cannot be redesigned and put back together again without harmful consequences for many Americans, President Barack Obama...

  • Posted October 6, 2016