Carlos Rosario Chief Financial Officer
22-667: Banco Popular or Banco Popolare may refer to: Popular, Inc. , the bank based in Puerto Rico doing business as Banco Popular Banco Popular Español , the bank based in Spain Banco Popular Dominicano , the bank based in the Dominican Republic Banco Popular, the bank based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras See also [ edit ] Banco Popolare ,
44-474: A $ 568 million portfolio of non-performing loans to a joint venture between Caribbean Property Group and funds affiliated with Perella Weinberg Partners . In 2014, Popular Community Bank sold many of its mainland United States branches in Central Florida , Illinois and Southern California to cut costs and shore up its reserves against losses caused by foreclosures and the recession in Puerto Rico. After
66-586: A big development for the bank, when in 1990 it merged with Banco de Ponce , one of the largest banks in Puerto Rico. At this time, Banco Popular's holding company changed its name to BanPonce Corporation. Popular acquired Banco Roig, one of the main banks in the eastern side of the island, in 1997, entering a geographical market in which it had yet to succeed. During the late 1990s, the company began to diversify its services thanks to revisions of state laws that allowed banks certain 'privileges' related to different financial services other than banking. These years saw
88-455: A group of famous Latin-American musicians in an effort to create a musical televised show. After the large success of this venture, the company began to produce annual live Christmas concerts and television specials with various Puerto Rican and international singers and artists. The 1996 version included the future star Shakira . The concerts and specials are aired in local television stations and then released on CDs and DVD , raising money for
110-546: A prosperous start and in 1924 it built its main office in downtown Ponce . Architecturally, the downtown structure was so prominent that it would eventually get listed as historic in the National Register of Historic Places. The Bank continued its growth and by 1961 it already had offices and branches in New York City . By 1989, it had the largest number of branches of any Puerto Rican bank in mainland United States and
132-504: Is the parent company of Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, Popular Bank, E-Loan , and several other companies. The headquarters of Banco Popular Puerto Rico is in Hato Rey , San Juan . The bank was founded in Puerto Rico in 1893 when the island was still under Spanish administration. It was led in its early stages by Rafael Carrión Sr. and Don Manuel Muñoz Barrios, the latter of which was the company's first president and administrator. During
154-548: The Virgin Islands and as Popular Bank in the mainland United States, is a financial services conglomerate that has operated in Puerto Rico for over 125 years and in the mainland United States for over 52 years. In recent years, it has expanded into other areas of the Caribbean and Central America . The BPPR in the logo stands for Banco Popular de Puerto Rico , where the bank has its major historical footprint. Popular, Inc.
176-470: The 1970s, the company's commercials were popular on Puerto Rican television: they presented a balding, middle aged man in a white tee shirt, announcing the company in a comic way. The 1970s also saw a giant step in the development of Banco Popular as Puerto Rico's biggest bank, when it bought two-thirds of the Banco de Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño. Through this purchase, Popular entered the credit-card industry. During
198-528: The Italian bank based in Verona Banco Popolare Siciliano , a subsidiary Banco Popolare Sassari , an Italian professional basketball club sponsored by the bank Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Banco Popular . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
220-632: The aggressive expansion in the United States, the company changed its name once again in 2000 to Popular, Inc. , a name that goes back to the traditional roots of the corporation and which also reflects the common title in almost all of the subsidiaries of the company. During this period, the company reorganized itself into three main subsidiary companies: Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, with David Chafey Jr. as president; Popular Bank, with Roberto Herencia as president; and Evertec, with Felix Villamil as president. Richard Carrión remained as president and CEO of
242-602: The bank re-branded its mainland branches as Popular Community Bank in an effort to attract more non-Hispanic customers. The first branches to bear the new name were in the Chicago market followed by those in Southern California and Florida, then New York City and New Jersey. As of January, 2012, Popular, Inc. still owed $ 935 million to the US government Troubled Asset Relief Program . In March 2013, Popular announced it would sell
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#1732855819428264-674: The birth of Popular Auto, Popular Finance, Popular Mortgage, Popular Insurance, Popular Leasing, among others. During this time, the company created one of its flagship subsidiaries, Popular Securities. It quickly became the investment banking, retail brokerage, and institutional sales arm of Banco Popular. On the retail side, Popular Securities has an extensive network of brokers in Puerto Rico , rivaled only by Swiss giant UBS and more recently by Banco Santander . Popular Securities has additional offices in New York City , San Antonio , Houston , and Chicago . Due to its growth in Puerto Rico, and
286-519: The company's philanthropic foundation (Fundación Banco Popular) which benefits a variety of non-profit organizations in the island. The titles of the musicals are: Online Discography Banco de Ponce Banco de Ponce was the Puerto Rican bank with the largest number of branches in the United States and second largest bank in deposits and number of branches in Puerto Rico during
308-507: The following decades, Banco Popular put great of emphasis on the company's public image. It was during the 1980s, after Rafael Carrion, Sr.'s death, that Richard L. Carrión assumed the role as President of the corporation. In 1989, the bank introduced a children's savings service with a bear, " Populoso ", as its mascot. The Club del Ahorro (or Savings Club) was (and still is) intended to encourage children to open savings accounts and keep track of their money. The following decade started with
330-499: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Banco_Popular&oldid=1184253407 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Popular, Inc. Jose Coleman, Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Council and Corporate Secretary Popular, Inc. , doing business as Banco Popular in Puerto Rico and
352-529: The new Citi Field . Popular's world headquarters are located in the San Juan's Hato Rey business district, on a stretch of a thoroughfare commonly known as Milla de Oro ("The Golden Mile") due to the number of banks headquartered in the area. Travelers who fly into the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport can appreciate Popular's landmark building below. Between 2010 and 2012,
374-509: The new BanPonce Corporation. In early 2002, the Milla de Oro building was sold to WesternBank , Mayaguez, Puerto Rico , who had it renamed "WesternBank World Plaza". With the 30 April 2010 failure of Westernbank, Banco Popular bought Westernbank's assets, but not the former Banco de Ponce Milla de Oro tower. In June 2012, the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico announced it had purchased
396-557: The parent company, Popular, Inc. In the January 24, 2005 issue of Fortune , Popular, Inc. was chosen as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For . On April 11, 2005, Popular Bank announced a five-year agreement with the New York Mets under which Popular would operate seven ATMs and display various advertisements at Shea Stadium until it closed in September 2008, and the team moved to
418-661: The sale, Popular Community Bank retained 49 branches in South Florida , New Jersey , and New York . On September 12, 2014, Harbor Community Bank purchased Popular's branches in Orlando and central Florida. On November 7, 2014, Banc of California in Irvine purchased 20 branches of Popular Community Bank in southern California. In 2018, Popular Community Bank changed its name to Popular Bank (Legal name) and Popular, commercial name. For its 100th Anniversary celebration, Popular gathered
440-491: The top fifty banks in the United States of America. In 1970, Banco de Ponce built a prominent landmark building in San Juan Milla de Oro financial district, where it formed its headquarters. The concave curvilinear structure consisted of a 23-story corporate tower, 424,900 square feet of space, and parking for 1,375 vehicles. With the 1990 merger with Banco Popular, the Banco de Ponce Milla de Oro building became part of
462-505: The twentieth century. Founded in Ponce, Puerto Rico , in the early part of the century, it headquartered in San Juan in 1970 and, 20 years later, merged with Banco Popular forming BancPonce Corporation. The bank was founded on 20 August 1917, in Ponce, Puerto Rico , by Mario Mercado , Amador Torres, Manuel Meiriño, Augusto Quiñones, Francisco Oliver , Antonio Morales, Juan Colón, José de Jesús, Francisco Forteza and Cándido Noriega. It had
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#1732855819428484-546: Was the largest Hispanic bank in the United States by deposits. In 1990, Banco de Ponce merged with Banco Popular creating Puerto Rico's largest bank. Upon the merge, Banco Popular's holding company changed its name to BanPonce Corporation. At the time of the merger, Banco de Ponce had nine branches in New York to Popular's six. With this merge the new company became one of the top ten commercial banks in Latin America and one of
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